TABLE 2.
All-cause mortality rates among HIV-exposed Tanzanian children randomly assigned to receive daily multivitamins or placebo, stratified by baseline characteristics1
| Multivitamin (n = 1193) | Placebo (n = 1194) | HR (95% CI) | P | |
| n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Overall (n = 2387) | 138 (11.6) | 124 (10.4) | 1.13 (0.88, 1.44) | 0.33 |
| Subgroups | ||||
| Sex | ||||
| Male (n = 1289) | 78 (12.0) | 67 (10.5) | 1.14 (0.83, 1.59) | 0.42 |
| Female (n = 1098) | 60 (11.1) | 57 (10.3) | 1.11 (0.77, 1.59) | 0.59 |
| HIV positive at 6 wk | ||||
| Positive (n = 264) | 64 (51.2) | 55 (39.6) | 1.38 (0.96, 1.98) | 0.08 |
| Negative (n = 2081) | 68 (6.5) | 63 (6.1) | 1.09 (0.77, 1.53) | 0.64 |
| Low birth weight (g) | ||||
| ≥2500 (n = 2128) | 106 (9.9) | 97 (9.2) | 1.08 (0.82, 1.43) | 0.57 |
| <2500 (n = 161) | 18 (22.8) | 17 (20.7) | 1.07 (0.55, 2.08) | 0.84 |
| Maternal age | ||||
| >28 y (n = 1074) | 56 (10.7) | 58 (10.6) | 1.00 (0.69, 1.45) | 0.99 |
| ≤28 y (n = 1257) | 77 (12.1) | 63 (10.2) | 1.22 (0.87, 1.70) | 0.24 |
| Prior pregnancies | ||||
| 0 or 1 (n = 1326) | 84 (12.4) | 62 (9.5) | 1.33 (0.95, 1.84) | 0.09 |
| ≥2 (n = 1036) | 51 (10.1) | 59 (11.1) | 0.91 (0.63, 1.33) | 0.64 |
1
HRs, 95% CIs, and corresponding P values were obtained from Cox proportional hazards models. There were no significant interactions between groups.