Table 1

Characteristics of children qualifying for analyses at vaccination by vaccine type, gender, age and nutrition (measured by the Weight-for-Height Z-score at vaccination) for the prophylaxis (CH+) and no prophylaxis (CH-) groups.



Prophylaxis (CH+)
No Prophylaxis (CH-)




Vacci ne Type
Trait
#
% or Mean (SD*)
#
% or Mean (SD*)
P-value

Measles
Sex % male
177
53
274
54
0.82

Age in months
178
33.7 (15.2)
274
33.7 (18.1)
0.97

Wt-for-Ht Z-score
162
-0.65 (0.92)
247
-0.54 (1.01)
0.28

DTP
Sex % male
310
48
204
53
0.04

Age in months
309
32.3 (14.9)
204
32 (17.7)
0.29

Wt-for-Ht Z-score
210
-0.88 (0.98)
37
-0.78 (0.84)
0.29

* SD Standard Deviation

Rosen et al. Malaria Journal 2005 4:53   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-4-53

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