Table 3

Univariate analysis: relation of treatment failure with enrolment variables

VariableTotalTreatment success (n=1203)Treatment failure (n=256)OR (95% CI)p value
Age in months, mean (SD)145915.11 (11.72)11.79 (9.62)0.000
Age categories (in months)
    2–117325831491.5 (1.1 to 1.9)0.005
    12–59727620107
History of difficult breathing10078111961.6 (1.2 to 2.2)0.003
Duration of illness, mean (SD)14593.58 (2.41)4.75 (3.52)0.0002
    ≤3 days899759140
    >3 days5534371161.44 (1.1 to 1.9)0.05
Respiratory rate at enrolment (per minute)
    ≤601077901176
    >60382302801.36 (1.0 to 1.8)0.04