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. 2025 Sep 22;390:e084745. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2025-084745

Table 3.

Time (days) to receive BCG Danish and OPV within 48 hours of admission (intervention) or delayed at least to discharge (control) in newborn babies weighing <2000 g from birth and enrolment. Values are median (interquartile range) unless stated otherwise

Early BCG-OPV; No Control; No
Birth to enrolment 0.86 (0.54-1.46); 2714 0.86 (0.56-1.38); 2706
Birth to vaccination 0.93 (0.58-1.68); 2712 12.6 (7.76-20.0); 1588
Birth to death 6.41 (4.24-11.3); 238 5.99 (3.95-9.91); 273
Birth to discharge 11.8 (7.75-17.5); 2005 12.0 (7.78-18.0); 2010
Enrolment to vaccination 0.03 (0.01-0.07); 2712 11.8 (6.96-18.9); 1588
Enrolment to death 5.08 (3.14-9.59); 238 4.65 (2.80-8.23); 273
Enrolment to discharge 10.2 (6.27-16.2); 2005 10.5 (6.29-17.0); 2010

OPV=oral polio vaccine.