TABLE 3.

INCIDENCE OF INFECTIONS AND COMPARISON BY ETHNICITY DURING INTENSIVE TIMING IN PHASE 1 AND CHEMOTHERAPY IN PHASE 2

Phase		Ethnicity	Rate/100 Days	95% CI	IRR*	95% CI	P Value
1 N=343	Bacteria	White	1.031	0.881, 1.207	0.888	0.666, 1.185	0.420
		Black	0.959	0.624, 1.474	0.888	0.566, 1.395	0.606
		Hispanic	1.310	0.889, 1.930	1.259	0.834, 1.901	0.275
	Gram Neg	White	0.315	0.254, 0.390	0.919	0.624, 1.354	0.671
		Black	0.282	0.156, 0.509	0.861	0.463, 1.601	0.629
		Hispanic	0.394	0.237, 0.653	1.253	0.729, 2.152	0.979
	Gram Pos	White	0.706	0.592, 0.842	0.927	0.671, 1.281	0.648
		Black	0.645	0.396, 1.051	0.884	0.530, 1.474	0.635
		Hispanic	0.841	0.547, 1.293	1.189	0.752, 1.880	0.462
	Fungi	White	0.307	0.247, 0.382	0.873	0.594, 1.284	0.495
		Black	0.333	0.193, 0.574	1.046	0.588, 1.861	0.878
		Hispanic	0.446	0.278, 0.718	1.461	0.874, 2.442	0.166
	Viruses	White	0.148	0.108, 0.202	0.999	0.558, 1.787	0.997
		Black	0.128	0.053, 0.308	0.853	0.340, 2.140	0.730
		Hispanic	0.263	0.141, 0.488	1.948	0.982, 3.866	0.076
2 N=168	Bacteria	White	0.876	0.694, 1.107	1.141	0.772, 1.686	0.507
		Black	0.588	0.339, 1.018	0.670	0.374, 1.200	0.172
		Hispanic	0.821	0.485, 1.390	0.980	0.557, 1.721	0.943
	Gram Neg	White	0.330	0.247, 0.440	1.001	0.622, 1.610	0.997
		Black	0.124	0.047, 0.330	0.340	0.124, 0.932	0.013
		Hispanic	0.483	0.280, 0.832	1.567	0.860, 2.854	0.162
	Gram Pos	White	0.519	0.390, 0.690	1.216	0.745, 1.982	0.432
		Black	0.460	0.246, 0.860	0.940	0.479, 1.843	0.856
		Hispanic	0.336	0.159, 0.708	0.663	0.302, 1.454	0.292
	Fungi	White	0.129	0.081, 0.205	1.511	0.631, 3.617	0.341
		Black	0.000		0.000		0.005
		Hispanic	0.186	0.077, 0.446	1.808	0.678, 4.816	0.265
	Viruses	White	0.050	0.024, 0.105	0.588	0.206, 1.675	0.323
		Black	0.031	0.004 0.220	0.451	0.059, 3.451	0.390
		Hispanic	0.186	0.077, 0.446	4.017	1.346, 11.987	0.023

^*IRR - incidence rate ratio. IRRs and p values compare white versus non-white children, black versus non-black children and hispanic versus non-hispanic children