Research Article
The Effect of 50 000 IU Vitamin A with BCG Vaccine at Birth on Growth in the First Year of Life
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of all children included in the growth cohort by randomisation group.
| | Vitamin A | Placebo | | Number (%) | Number (%) |
| | Number | 403 | 405 | | Sex (Male) | 198 (49) | 194 (48) | | No oral polio vaccine at enrolment | 88 (22) | 83 (20) | | Electricity in the household* | | | | Yes | 142 (35) | 140 (35) | | No | 246 (61) | 261 (64) | | Bathroom* | | | | Inside the house | 63 (16) | 56 (14) | | Outside the house | 324 (80) | 343 (85) | | None | 0 (0) | 2 (0) | | Maternal education* | | | | Any | 256 (64) | 239 (59) | | None | 122 (30) | 147 (36) | | Birth order* | | | | Primipara | 109 (27) | 113 (28) | | 2nd-3rd | 156 (39) | 142 (35) | | 4th or higher | 124 (31) | 147 (36) |
| | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) |
| | Birth weight/kg | 3.19 (0.44) | 3.23 (0.40) | | Weight at incl./kg | 3.19 (0.51) | 3.22 (0.51) | | Weight for age at incl./z-score | −0.47 (0.95) | −0.38 (0.88) | | Length at inclusion | 50.2 (2.3) | 50.1 (2.3) | | Length for age at incl./z-score | −0.08 (1.00) | −0.12 (0.93) | | Maternal age/years | 25.0 (5.7) | 25.1 (5.6) | | Maternal arm circumference/mm | 255 (33) | 254 (30) |
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*Numbers do not add up due to a few with missing information.
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