Table 5.

Mortality of TB-exposed children compared with TB-unexposed children by timing of BCG and sex

	MR per 1000 PYRS	HR
	(deaths/PYRS)	(95% CI)
All children
Neonatal BCG
TB-exposed	12.2 (30/2462)	1.11 (0.77 to 1.61)
TB-unexposed	13.5 (533/39 608)	Ref
No neonatal BCG
TB-exposed	35.2 (13/369)	1.93 (1.10 to 3.41)
TB-unexposed	22.8 (157/6880)	Ref
Boys
Neonatal BCG
TB-exposed	8.5 (11/1288)	0.77 (0.42 to 1.41)
TB-unexposed	13.6 (275/20 166)	Ref
No neonatal BCG
TB-exposed	35.6 (7/197)	1.98 (0.91 to 4.28)
TB-unexposed	23.0 (80/3478)	Ref
Girls
Neonatal BCG
TB-exposed	16.2 (19/1174)	1.50 (0.94 to 2.39)
TB-unexposed	13.3 (258/19 442)	Ref
No neonatal BCG
TB-exposed	34.7 (6/173)	1.90 (0.83 to 4.35)
TB-unexposed	22.6 (77/3402)	Ref

All HRs were obtained from Cox-proportional hazards models with age as underlying age, allowing different baseline hazards by sex and birth location.

Adjusted HR are not presented as no baseline factor changed the estimates by more than 5%.

MR, mortality rate; PYRS, person years; TB, tuberculosis.