Table 2.

Comparison of outcome measures in 2188 children with non-severe pneumonia randomised to 3 days or 5 days of treatment with amoxicillin: intention to treat analysis. Values are numbers (percentages) of patients unless stated otherwise

	3 day treatment (n=1095)	5 day treatment (n=1093)	Difference (95% CI)
Primary outcome measures:
Cure on day 5	980 (89.5)	983 (89.9)	0.4 (−2.1 to 3.0)
Relapse after day 5	58 (5.3)	48 (4.4)	1.0 (−1.0 to 3.0)
Secondary outcome measure:
Cure on day 5 among wheezers	127/140 (90.7)	132/147 (89.8)	0.9 (−5.9 to 7.8)
Cure on day 5 among non-wheezers	853/957 (89.1)	851/946 (90.0)	0.7 (−2.1 to 3.4)