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. 2016 Mar 7;74:10. doi: 10.1186/s13690-016-0121-4

Table 4.

Comparison of morbidity reports for infants at 2 week visits between intervention and control groupsa

Intervention Control P Intervention Control P
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
2 weeks 2 weeks 4 & 6 weeks 4 & 6 weeks
Cough 8/40 20 · 0 6/38 15 · 8 0 · 63 11/82 13 · 4 7/76 9 · 2 0 · 40
Diarrhoea 12/40 30 · 0 11/38 28 · 9 0 · 92 19/82 23 · 2 24/76 31 · 6 0 · 23
Refuse breast 2/40 5 · 0 0/38 0 · 0 0 · 16 4/82 4 · 9 2/76 2 · 6 0 · 46
Feverishness 5/40 12 · 5 4/38 10 · 5 0 · 78 13/82 15 · 8 15/76 19 · 7 0 · 52
Sought treatment in past 2 weeks 8/40 20 · 0 4/38 10 · 5 0 · 25 20/82 24 · 4 17/76 22 · 4 0 · 76
8 & 10 weeks 8 & 10 weeks 12 & 14 weeks 12 & 14 weeks
Cough 6/80 7 · 5 6/76 7 · 9 0 · 92 8/84 9 · 5 2/82 2 · 4 0 · 06
Diarrhoea 23/80 28 · 7 21/76 27 · 6 0 · 88 28/84 33 · 3 19/82 23 · 2 0 · 15
Refuse breast 1/80 1 · 2 3/76 3 · 9 0 · 28 0/84 0 · 0 1/82 91 · 2 0 · 31
Feverishness 19/80 23 · 7 26/76 34 · 2 0 · 15 14/84 16 · 7 8/82 9 · 8 0 · 19
Sought treatment in past 2 weeks 17/80 21.2 13/76 17.1 0.51 16/84 19.0 6/82 7.3 0.03
16 & 18 weeks 16 & 18 weeks 20 & 22 weeks 20 & 22 weeks
Cough 3/79 3 · 8 4/81 4 · 9 0 · 70 1/73 1 · 4 5/81 6 · 2 0 · 12
Diarrhoea 20/79 25 · 3 19/81 23 · 5 0 · 78 17/73 23 · 3 19/81 23 · 5 0 · 98
Refuse breast 2/79 2 · 5 2/81 2 · 5 0 · 98 1/73 1 · 4 5/81 6 · 2 0 · 12
Feverishness 15/79 18 · 9 16/81 19 · 7 0 · 90 12/73 16 · 4 23/81 28 · 4 0 · 08
Sought treatment in past 2 weeks 14/79 17 · 7 12/81 14 · 8 0 · 62 15/73 20 · 5 16/81 19 · 7 0 · 90

a% of subjects with side effects as a percentage of the total number of visits for the periods indicated

There were no reports of convulsions and bulging fontanelles