Table 2.
Details of symptoms, absence, and symptom score during seven month treatment period. Unadjusted and age adjusted results based on intention to treat population, with children who completed intervention. Figures are geometric means (95% confidence intervals)
| Unadjusted results
|
Age adjusted results
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lactobacillus GG (n=252) | Control (n=261) | P value* | Lactobacillus GG (n=252) | Control (n=261) | P value† | ||
| Any illness (days) | 25 (22 to 28) | 27 (24 to 30) | 0.22 | 25 (23 to 28) | 26 (24 to 29) | 0.59 | |
| Respiratory symptoms (days) | 21 (18 to 24) | 23 (20 to 26) | 0.28 | 21 (19 to 24) | 22 (20 to 25) | 0.67 | |
| Gastrointestinal symptoms (days) | 2.9 (2.6 to 3.2) | 3.0 (2.7 to 3.4) | 0.57 | 2.9 (2.7 to 3.2) | 3.0 (2.7 to 3.3) | 0.74 | |
| Absence due to illness (days) | 4.9 (4.4 to 5.5) | 5.8 (5.3 to 6.4) | 0.03 | 5.1 (4.6 to 5.6) | 5.7 (5.2 to 6.3) | 0.09 | |
| Total symptom score | 34 (30 to 39) | 40 (35 to 46) | 0.10 | 36 (32 to 40) | 39 (34 to 44) | 0.36 | |
*
t test for independent samples with log transformed values.
†
Analysis of covariance, age included as covariate.