The Effect of 50 000 IU Vitamin A with BCG Vaccine at Birth on Growth in the First Year of Life

Table 3

The effect of neonatal vitamin A supplementation (VAS) on changes in weight for length by vaccination status overall and by sex.

Vaccine windows	All			Boys			Girls
	VAS	Placebo	Difference; (95% CI)	VAS	Placebo	Difference; (95% CI)	VAS	Placebo	Difference; (95% CI)
BCG window
𝑁	174	176		86	76		88	100
Change in z-score for weight for length	1.47	1.17	0.31 (0.03; 0.59)	1.71	1.26	0.45 (0.05; 0.86)	1.24	1.09	0.14 (−0.25; 0.53)
DTP window
𝑁	292	308		140	150		152	158
Change in z-score for weight for length	−0.24	−0.16	−0.08 (−0.28; 0.12)	−0.24	−0.30	0.06 (−0.24; 0.35)	−0.24	−0.03	−0.21 (−0.48; 0.06)
MV window
𝑁	189	180		91	83		98	97
Change in z-score for weight for length	−0.33	−0.37	0.04 (−0.12; 0.20)	−0.32	−0.31	0.01 (−0.24; 0.23)	−0.34	−0.42	0.08 (−0.15; 0.31)
MV window stratified: MV at 4.5 + 9 months
𝑁	81	66		37	30		44	36
Change in z-score for weight for length	−0.50	−0.62	0.12 (−0.14; 0.38)	−0.49	−0.60	0.11 (−0.30; 0.52)	−0.50	−0.63	0.13 (−0.21; 0.47)
MV window stratified: MV at 9 months
𝑁	108	114		54	53		54	61
Change in z-score for weight for length	−0.21	−0.23	0.02 (−0.19; 0.23)	−0.20	−0.15	−0.05 (−0.32; 0.22)	−0.22	−0.30	0.08 (−0.23; 0.40)