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Table 2 Prevalence of hypoxemia (resting room air SpO2 <90%) at Kapiri District Hospital. P-value represents probability of obtaining the observed value due to random chance under the null hypothesis that prevalence of hypoxemia is less than 1%, using a one-sided, one-sample test of proportions at α = 0.05

From: Prevalence of undiagnosed hypoxemia in adults and children in an under-resourced district hospital in Zambia

Age group

Prevalence of hypoxemia (%)

95% confidence interval of proportion

P-value

All ages

7.8

(3.8, 14.6)

<0.0001

<5 years

7.4

(1.1, 13.5)

<0.0001

5–17 years

0.0

(0.0, 0.0)

0.652

≥18 years

9.2

(3.8, 14.5)

<0.001