The associations between the mortality rate (MR) and the log-z-scores of the cytokine responses to PPD were examined in children randomized to BCG at birth (+BCG).

Notes: Crude mortality rates (MRs) were presented according to percentiles of the cytokine log-z-scores. The associations between the mortality rate and the log-z-scores were the same below and above the median. An overall mortality rate ratio (MRR) was therefore presented.