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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 4.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet. 2014 Dec 11;385(9975):1324–1332. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61731-1

Table 4.

Adverse events within 3 days

Vitamin A group Placebo group Risk ratio (95% CI) p value
All infants (n=31 627)
Death within 3 days of supplementation 116 (0·73%) 130 (0·82%) 0·89 (0·7–1·15) 0·378
Infants with data for adverse events within 3 days (n=29 041)
Examined bulging fontanelle 21 (0·14%) 20 (0·14%) 1·05 (0·57–1·94) 0·877
Fever 174 (1·2%) 179 (1·23%) 0·97 (0·79–1·20) 0·786
Vomiting 26 (0·18%) 17 (0·12%) 1·53 (0·83–2·82) 0·170
Diarrhoea 3 (0·02%) 5 (0·03%) 0·60 (0·14–2·51) 0·479
Inability to suck or feed 30 (0·21%) 29 (0·2%) 1·03 (0·62–1·72) 0·897
Convulsion 0 (0%) 5 (0·03%) ·· 0·031*
*

Fisher’s exact test p value.