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. 2016 Oct 13;4(12):e946–e954. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30200-5

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics

Kamalapur
Matlab
All
LAIV (n=800) Placebo (n=400) LAIV (n=374) Placebo (n=187) LAIV (n=1174) Placebo (n=587) Total (n=1761)
Mean (range) age (months) 42·7 (24–59) 42·3 (24–59) 42·2 (24–59) 41·8 (24–59) 42·5 (24–59) 42·1 (24–59) 42·4 (24–59)
Age group (years)
≥2 to <3 248 (31·0%) 138 (34·5%) 105 (28·1%) 53 (28·3%) 353 (30·1%) 191 (32·5%) 544 (30·9%)
≥3 to <4 229 (28·6%) 105 (26·3%) 134 (35·8%) 69 (36·9%) 363 (30·9%) 174 (29·6%) 537 (30·5%)
≥4 to <5 323 (40·4%) 157 (39·3%) 135 (36·1%) 65 (34·8%) 458 (39·0%) 222 (37·8%) 680 (38·6%)
Sex
Male 410 (51·3%) 191 (47·8%) 175 (4·8%) 90 (48·1%) 585 (49·8%) 281 (47·9%) 866 (49·2%)
Female 390 (48·8%) 209 (52·3%) 199 (53·2%) 97 (51·9%) 589 (50·2%) 306 (52·1%) 895 (50·8%)
Underweight (weight for age malnutrition)*
None 203 (25·4%) 103 (25·8%) 106 (28·3%) 48 (25·7%) 309 (26·3%) 151 (25·7%) 460 (26·1%)
Mild 324 (40·5%) 173 (43·3%) 162 (43·3%) 84 (44·9%) 486 (41·4%) 257 (43·8%) 743 (42·2%)
Moderate 219 (27·4%) 105 (26·3%) 91 (24·3%) 43 (23·0%) 310 (26·4%) 148 (25·2%) 458 (26·0%)
Severe 54 (6·8%) 19 (4·8%) 15 (4·0%) 12 (6·4%) 69 (5·9%) 31 (5·3%) 100 (5·7%)
Stunting (height for age malnutrition)*
None 152 (19·0%) 84 (21·0%) 111 (29·7%) 47 (25·1%) 263 (22·4%) 131 (22·3%) 394 (22·4%)
Mild 275 (34·4%) 144 (36·0%) 140 (37·4%) 81 (43·3%) 415 (35·3%) 225 (38·3%) 640 (36·3%)
Moderate 257 (32·1%) 127 (31·8%) 95 (25·4%) 50 (26·7%) 352 (30·0%) 177 (30·2%) 529 (30·0%)
Severe 116 (14·5%) 45 (11·3%) 28 (7·5%) 9 (4·8%) 144 (12·3%) 54 (9·2%) 198 (11·2%)
Wasting (weight for height malnutrition)*
None 495 (61·9%) 249 (62·3%) 209 (55·9%) 100 (53·5%) 704 (60·0%) 349 (59·5%) 1053 (59·8%)
Mild 243 (30·4%) 125 (31·3%) 120 (32·1%) 65 (34·8%) 363 (30·9%) 190 (32·4%) 553 (31·4%)
Moderate 60 (7·5%) 20 (5·0%) 42 (11·2%) 21 (11·2%) 102 (8·7%) 41 (7·0%) 143 (8·1%)
Severe 2 (0·3%) 6 (1·5%) 3 (0·8%) 1 (0·5%) 5 (0·4%) 7 (1·2%) 12 (0·7%)
Asthma or wheezing illness
Previous hospital admission 58 (7·3%) 20 (5·0%) 0 0 58 (4·9%) 20 (3·4%) 78 (4·4%)
Previous treatment 242 (30·3%) 134 (33·5%) 0 0 242 (30·3%) 134 (33·5%) 376 (21·4%)

LAIV=live attenuated influenza vaccine.

*

Z score, mild (−2 to <–1), moderate (−3 to <–2), or severe (<–3).