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. 2014 Oct 8;4(4):e117–e126. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piu092

Table 2.

Crude and Adjusted Risk Ratios (RR) or Mean Differences (MD) and 95% Confidence Intervals (CI) for Treatment Outcomes According to Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Exposure Status Among N = 238 Children Aged 1–23 Mo With Pneumonia in Gaborone, Botswana, April 2012–October 2013

Crude
Adjustedb
RR or MD (95% CI) Pa RR or MD (95% CI) Pa
HIV-EU vs. HIV-unexposed
 Primary outcome
  Treatment failure at 48 h 1.99 (1.35, 2.93) .0005 1.83 (1.27, 2.64) 0.001
 Secondary outcomes
  Days of supplemental oxygen +0.88 days (−0.54, +2.31 days) .22 +0.68 days (−0.73, +2.09 days) 0.35
  Days of CPAP or mechanical ventilation +0.55 days (+0.15, +0.95 days) .008 +0.49 days (+0.10, +0.89 days) 0.02
  Length of stay, days +1.89 days (0.00, +3.78 days) .05 +1.74 days (−0.12, +3.61 days) 0.07
  In-hospital mortality 4.78 (1.49, 15.32) .009 4.31 (1.44, 12.87) 0.01
HIV-infected vs. HIV-unexposed
 Primary outcome
  Treatment failure at 48 h 2.55 (1.61, 4.03) <.0001 2.08 (1.39, 3.12) 0.0004
 Secondary outcomes
  Days of supplemental oxygen +7.27 days (+5.00, +9.54 days) <.0001 +6.84 days (+4.58, +9.10 days) <0.0001
  Days of CPAP or mechanical ventilation +1.08 days (+0.44, +1.73 days) .001 +0.95 days (+0.31, +1.59 days) 0.004
  Length of stay, days +12.29 days (+9.28, +15.29 days) <.0001 +11.82 days (+8.83, +14.80 days) <0.0001
  In-hospital mortalityc 3.83 (0.75, 19.56) .11 3.05 (0.66, 14.06) 0.15

Abbreviations: HIV-EU, HIV-exposed uninfected; CPAP, continuous positive airway pressure.

aWald χ2 P values.

bRisk ratios (or differences in means) estimated from Cox proportional hazards models (or linear regression models) adjusted for age and proximity to health care services.

cEstimates are based on only N = 2 deaths among HIV-infected children.