Table 1.
Mortality Rate Ratios (MRR) for Different Intervals of Time Since Randomization to Early BCG or Control Group, Stratified by Sex
| Boys | Girls | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mortality per 100/PY (deaths/PY) | MRR for Early BCG versus Control (95% CI) | Mortality per 100/PY (deaths/ PY) | MRR for Early BCG versus Control (95% CI) | ||||
| Early BCG Group | Control Group | Early BCG Group | Control Group | ||||
| Divided into small intervals | 1–3 days | 83 (8/9.6) | 232 (22/9.5) | 0.36 (0.16–0.80) | 82 (14/17.1) | 100 (17/17.1) | 0.84 (0.41–1.73) |
| 4–7 days | 47 (6/12.7) | 130 (16/12.4) | 0.37 (0.14–0.94) | 27 (6/22.6) | 31 (7/22.5) | 0.85 (0.29–2.53) | |
| 8–14 days | 50 (10/21.5) | 38 (8/21.1) | 1.23 (0.49–3.11) | 33 (13/38.8) | 52 (20/38.6) | 0.64 (0.32–1.29) | |
| 15–21 days | 35 (7/20.0) | 52 (10/19.4) | 0.68 (0.26–1.79) | 11 (4/36.2) | 28 (10/35.7) | 0.39 (0.12–1.26) | |
| 22–28 days | 36 (4/13.4) | 37 (4/13.2) | 0.82 (0.19–3.50) | 4 (1/24.7) | 8 (2/24.4) | 0.50 (0.05–5.45) | |
| Divided into larger intervals | 1–7 days | 63 (14/22.2) | 174 (38/21.9) | 0.36 (0.20–0.67) | 51 (20/39.7) | 61 (24/39.6) | 0.84 (0.46–1.54) |
| 8–28 days | 38 (21/55.1) | 41 (22/53.8) | 0.91 (0.51–1.69) | 18 (18/99.7) | 32 (32/98.7) | 0.56 (0.31–1.00) | |
Estimates with P < .05 are highlighted in bold.
Abbreviations: BCG, Bacille Calmette-Guérin; PY, person years.