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. 2018 Mar 19;6:79. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2018.00079

Table 4.

Analysis 3: mortality rates (MR) per 100 person-years and hazard ratios (HR) of 6–35 months old children in relation to most recent vaccination.

Mortality rate (deaths/person-years) HR (95% CI)Had weighing session after October 1, 1980a HR (95% CI) All childrenb

Vaccination status Diphtheria–tetanus–pertussis (DTP) (±OPV) No DTP
All 6.2 (28/451.0) [535] 3.7 (14/382.0) [539] 1.77 (0.93–3.38) 1.89 (1.00–3.55)
Vaccination status DTP(±OPV) Only live vaccine (MV, OPV, or MV + OPV)
All 6.2 (28/451.0) [535] 3.3 (10/303.84) [473] 1.90 (0.92–3.94) 1.99 (0.96–4.12)

Bandim, 1981–1983.

aSee Figure 1; Adjustment for the most recent weight-for-age z-scores measurement did not change the estimate.

bInclude 47 children whose most recent weighing session prior to June 1981 had been before October 1980.