TABLE 1.
Baseline characteristics | Spn carriage at age 2 mo |
n (%) | |
Vitamin A treatment | |
Yes | 201 (51.7) |
No | 188 (48.3) |
Gender | |
Male | 219 (56.3) |
Female | 170 (43.7) |
Low birth weight (<2500 g) | |
Yes | 117 (30.2) |
No | 271 (69.9) |
Colostrum fed to newborn | |
Yes | 313 (80.1) |
No | 76 (19.5) |
Household cooking fuel | |
Wood | 368 (94.6) |
Other | 21 (5.4) |
Maternal education | |
None | 216 (55.5) |
≥1 y | 173 (44.5) |
Time birth weight assessed | |
<48 h | 265 (68.1) |
48–72 h | 31 (8.8) |
>72 h | 87 (21.1) |
InPACT, Infant Pneumococcal Acquisition/Colonization in Tamil Nadu; , Streptococcus pneumoniae.