Table 2

Intention-to-treat analysis

CRI
N (%)
RR
(95% CI)
ILI
N (%)
RR
(95% CI)
Laboratory- confirmed viruses N (%)RR
(95% CI)
Medical mask*28/580 (4.83)Ref1/580 (0.17)Ref19/580 (3.28)Ref
Cloth masks†43/569 (7.56)1.57 (0.99 to 2.48)13/569 (2.28)13.25 (1.74 to 100.97)31/569 (5.45)1.66 (0.95 to 2.91)
Control‡32/458 (6.99)1.45 (0.88 to 2.37)3/458 (0.66)3.80 (0.40 to 36.40)18/458 (3.94)1.20 (0.64 to 2.26)
  • Bold typeface indicates statistically significant. *p Value from cluster adjusted χ2 tests is 0.510 and intracluster correlation coefficients is 0.065.

  • †p Value from cluster adjusted χ2 tests is 0.028 and intracluster correlation coefficients is 0.029.

  • ‡p Value from cluster adjusted χ2 tests is 0.561 and intracluster correlation coefficients is 0.068.

  • CRI, clinical respiratory illness; ILI, influenza-like illness; RR, relative risk.