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Table 4 Cox Regression Analysis for Treatment Failure Using the Per Protocol and Intention to Treat Analysis up to 14 days

From: A randomized controlled trial of hospital versus home based therapy with oral amoxicillin for severe pneumonia in children aged 3 – 59 months: The IndiaCLEN Severe Pneumonia Oral Therapy (ISPOT) Study

Characteristic

Per-protocol analysis

Intention to treat analysis

Hazard ratio

95 % CI

p-value

Hazard ratio

95 % CI

p-value

Treatment group

        

 Home

1.00

   

1.00

   

 Hospital

1.32

0.93

1.88

0.12

1.61

1.16

2.24

0.00

Age group

        

 Infants (3–11 months old)

1.00

   

1.00

   

 Children (12–59 months old)

0.65

0.45

0.93

0.02

0.69

0.49

0.96

0.03

Exclusive breast feeding

        

 No

1.00

   

1.00

   

 Yes

1.52

0.98

2.36

0.06

1.46

0.99

2.16

0.06

Antibiotics prior to enrollment

        

 No

1.00

   

1.00

   

 Yes

1.79

1.06

3.02

0.03

1.72

1.07

2.76

0.02

Fuel used for cooking

        

 Low polluting fuel

1.00

   

1.00

   

 High polluting fuel

1.43

0.98

2.10

0.06

1.51

1.06

2.15

0.02

Study Site

        

 Chandigarh

1.00

   

1.00

   

 Chennai

0.18

0.09

0.33

0.00

0.41

0.26

0.64

0.00

 Nagpur

0.58

0.38

0.91

0.02

0.63

0.42

0.96

0.03

 Pune

2.33

0.84

6.48

0.11

2.78

1.11

6.97

0.03