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Table 3 The fraction of dead/enrolled children by place of enrolment, month of enrolment, and randomisation group

From: Neonatal vitamin A supplementation associated with a cluster of deaths and poor early growth in a randomised trial among low-birth-weight boys of vitamin A versus oral polio vaccine at birth

 

No. of deaths/enrolled (% dead)

 

Enrolled at neonatal nursery

Enrolled at maternity ward or health centres

Month of enrolment

VAS

OPV

VAS

OPV

February

0/0 (0)

1/2 (50)

0/4 (0)

1/4 (25)

March

2/3 (67)

0/4 (0)

0/11 (0)

1/10 (10)

April

2/6 (33)

1/4 (25)

0/8 (0)

1/10 (10)

May

0/5 (0)

3/4 (75)

1/9 (11)

1/7 (14)

Total, dry season

4/14 (29)

5/14 (36)

1/32 (3)

4/31 (13)

June

0/2 (0)

0/4 (0)

0/5 (0)

0/6 (0)

July

1/3 (33)

0/1 (0)

1/6 (17)

0/8 (0)

August

1/2 (50)

0/2 (0)

0/8 (0)

0/5 (0)

September

5/6 (83)

1/6 (17)

1/9 (11)

0/9 (0)

October

0/4 (0)

0/0 (0)

0/17 (0)

0/20 (0)

November

0/0 (0)

0/3 (0)

0/8 (0)

0/7 (0)

Total, rainy season

7/17 (41)

1/16 (6)

2/53 (4)

0/55 (0)

Total

11/31 (35)

6/30 (20)

3/85 (4)

4/86 (5)