Table 3. Primary and secondary outcomes.
Active Least squares mean (s.e.) | Control Least squares mean (s.e.) | P-value | |
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Primary outcomes | |||
Incidence rate of CID per 100 person daya | 7.8 (0.4) | 9.8 (0.7) | 0.046 |
Rate of days with change in activity because of illness per 100 person dayb | 2.30 (0.21) | 2.27 (0.21) | 0.91 |
Secondary outcomes | |||
Incidence rate of GITI per 100 person daya | 1.2 (0.10) | 1.6 (0.15) | 0.042 |
Incidence rate of URTI per 100 person daya | 2.7 (0.18) | 3.3 (0.20) | 0.036 |
Incidence rate of LRTI per 100 person daya | 2.7 (0.16) | 2.8 (0.18) | 0.829 |
Rate of vomiting per 100 person day | 0.55 (0.08) | 0.73 (0.08) | 0.10 |
Rate of stomach pain per 100 person day | 1.23 (0.21) | 1.50 (0.21) | 0.36 |
Rate of constipation per 100 person day | 0.81 (0.18) | 0.71 (0.18) | 0.68 |
Rate of runny nose per 100 person day | 7.88 (0.63) | 8.65 (0.63) | 0.39 |
Rate of cough per 100 person day | 9.18 (0.63) | 8.37 (0.63) | 0.36 |
Rate of decreasing appetite per 100 person day | 2.58 (0.31) | 2.31 (0.31) | 0.54 |
Rate of fever per 100 person day | 1.34 (0.14) | 1.34 (0.14) | 0.99 |
Rate of rash per 100 person day | 1.17 (0.23) | 0.76 (0.23) | 0.21 |
Abbreviations: CID, common infectious disease; GITI, gastrointestinal tract infections; LRTI, lower respiratory tract infections; URTI, upper respiratory tract infections.
Incidence rate per 100 person day=incidence rate per day × 100.
Rate of days with change in activity because of illness=number of days with change in activity/number of days in the study.