Table 2

Effect of the intervention (vitamin A) on diarrhoea in the 14 days before measurement of weight, and WAZ adjusted for baseline WAZ

StudyDiarrhoea LPDiarrhoea PR (95% CI)WAZWAZ difference (95% CI)
Ghana
 Control17.7%−1.71
 Vitamin A17.3%0.97
(0.86 to 1.10)
−1.67+0.04
(−0.01 to 0.09)
Brazil
 Control4.9%−0.82
 Vitamin A5.1%1.03
(0.82 to 1.29)
−0.86−0.03
(−0.06 to 0.00)
  • LP, longitudinal prevalence (=proportion of time ill); PR, (longitudinal) prevalence ratio.