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. 2018 Feb;94:1–7. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.10.016

Table 2.

Univariate risk factors for mortality among study participants

Patient characteristic Number of deaths/N % Mortality Odds ratio (95% CI) P-value
Observational cohort 14/1,140 1.2 1.0
Clinical trial cohort 4/527 0.8 0.6 (0.2, 1.9) 0.40
Age 12–59 mo 4/927 0.4 1.0
Age 2–11 mo 14/740 1.9 4.5 (1.5, 13.7) 0.004
Female 8/692 1.2 1.0
Male 10/964 1.0 0.9 (0.4, 2.3) 0.8
Immunization not up to date 3/92 3.3 1.0
Immunization up to date 15/1,434 1.1 0.3 (0.1, 1.1) 0.06
Duration of symptoms < 3 days 10/1,174 0.4 1.0
Duration of symptoms ≥3 days 8/493 1.6 4.0 (1.2, 13.9) 0.02
Weight-for-age Z score ≥2SD 11/1,334 0.8 1.0
Weight-for-age Z score <−2SD 4/212 1.9 2.3 (0.7, 7.3) 0.14
No history of wheeze 11/899 1.2 1.0
History of wheeze 1/259 0.4 0.3 (0.0, 2.4) 0.24
Pallor absent 14/1,471 1.0 1.0
Pallor present 2/71 2.8 3.0 (0.7, 13.6) 0.13
Dehydration absent 16/1,537 1.0 1.0
Dehydration present 2/130 1.5 1.5 (0.3, 6.5) 0.60
District hospital 9/1,184 0.8 1.0
Provincial hospital 9/451 2.0 2.7 (1.1, 6.8) 0.03

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.