Table 3

Associations between study arm and pneumonia*

OutcomeObserved OutcomesUnadjusted GEE Logistic Regressions†Adjusted GEE Logistic Regressions‡
Control(n=464)Improved biomass(n=483)LPG(n=332)Improved biomassLPGImproved biomassLPG
Person-Time (child-weeks)22 03422 78616 858RR (95% CI)P ValueRR (95% CI)P ValueRR (95% CI)P ValueRR (95% CI)P Value
Physician-Assessed Cases
 Pneumonia1381551151.08 (0.85–1.40)0.521.08 (0.82–1.40)0.561.08 (0.84–1.39)0.541.16 (0.88–1.54)0.29
 Severe Pneumonia4352321.21 (0.78–1.90)0.390.98 (0.58–1.70)0.951.19 (0.74–1.91)0.480.98 (0.58–1.65)0.93
Physician- and Fieldworker-Assessed Cases§
 Pneumonia2252321781.00 (0.82–1.21)0.961.03 (0.83–1.28)0.771.02 (0.84–1.25)0.811.12 (0.91–1.40)0.29
 Severe Pneumonia6974501.03 (0.73–1.47)0.850.95 (0.65–1.38)0.771.04 (0.72–1.50)0.831.03 (0.71–1.51)0.86
  • *Pneumonia and severe pneumonia in the first 12 months of life as defined by the WHO Integrated Management of Childhood Illness criteria

  • †Rate ratios comparing intervention arms to control derived from generalised estimating equation (GEE) logistic regression models with exchangeable correlation structure and robust SE estimate accounting for multiple observations per participant and the village-level intervention.

  • ‡Rate ratios comparing intervention arms to control derived from GEE logistic regression models with exchangeable correlation structure and robust SE estimate accounting for multiple observations per participant and the village-level intervention, and adjusting for month of delivery, month of event, child sex, child age, and asset index.

  • §Physician- and fieldworker-assessed cases defined as physician-diagnosed pneumonia cases plus those diagnosed by a fieldworker in cases where the child did not receive a study physician assessment within 7 days.