Table 7.
Perinatal and neonatal mortality, and morbidity during the first month of life by treatment (%)
| AL | ASAQ | MQAS | DHAPQ | p-valuea | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Valueb | N | Valueb | N | Valueb | N | Valueb | ||
| Perinatal mortality | 837 | 15 (17.9) | 789 | 14 (17.7) | 787 | 22 (28.0) | 784 | 19 (24.2) | 0.77 |
| Neonatal mortality | 822 | 16 (19.5) | 775 | 20 (25.8) | 765 | 10 (13.1) | 765 | 24 (31.4) | 0.21 |
| Morbidity | |||||||||
| Fever (4–6 week) | 764 | 37 (48.4) | 718 | 34 (47.4) | 715 | 42 (58.7) | 680 | 23 (33.8) | 0.82 |
| Diarrhoea (4–6 week) | 764 | 14 (18.3) | 717 | 22 (30.7) | 715 | 19 (26.6) | 679 | 4 (5.9) | 0.62 |
| Cough (4–6 week) | 764 | 34 (44.5) | 717 | 33 (46.0) | 715 | 56 (78.3) | 679 | 52 (76.6) | 0.02 |
| Difficulty in feeding (4–6 week) | 764 | 2 (2.6) | 717 | 5 (7.0) | 715 | 6 (8.4) | 679 | 1 (1.5) | 0.76 |
| Jaundice (4–6 weeks) | 764 | 0 (0.0) | 717 | 1 (1.4) | 714 | 2 (2.8) | 679 | 1 (1.5) | 0.90 |
| Other symptoms (4–6 week) | 764 | 33 (43.2) | 717 | 44 (61.4) | 715 | 51 (71.3) | 679 | 16 (23.6) | 0.33 |
ap-values are from logistic regression adjusted for country
bvalues are n (/1000 live births) except perinatal mortality which has n (/1000 total births)