Table 4.
Cause-specific mortality by treatment group
|
Placebo (29 844·6 person-years) |
Zinc (30 791·7 person-years) |
HR (95% CI) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths | Rate/1000 person-years | Deaths | Rate/1000 person-years | ||
| Congenital defects | 4 | 0·13 | 5 | 0·17 | 1·21 (0·33−4·44) |
| Injury | 16 | 0·52 | 9 | 0·30 | 0·55 (0·24−1·26) |
| Diarrhoea or dysentery | 130 | 4·22 | 108 | 3·62 | 0·81 (0·61−1·07) |
| ALRI | 83 | 2·70 | 77 | 2·58 | 0·90 (0·64−1·26) |
| Measles | 1 | 0·03 | 6 | 0·20 | 5·81 (0·64−52·7) |
| Malnutrition | 9 | 0·29 | 12 | 0·40 | 1·29 (0·52−3·22) |
| Sepsis or infection | 4 | 0·13 | 4 | 0·13 | 0·97 (0·25−3·73) |
| SIDS | 24 | 0·78 | 20 | 0·67 | 0·81 (0·43−1·52) |
| Uncertain or missing* | 62 | 2·01 | 75 | 2·51 | 1·17 (0·79−1·74) |
HR=hazard ratio. ALRI=acute lower respiratory illness. SIDS=sudden infant death syndrome. Verbal autopsy information was not available for 17 deaths in the placebo group and 15 deaths in the zinc group.
*
Cause of death could not be classified because of uncertainty or missing information on some items in the verbal autopsy.