Impact of measles vaccination on clinical characteristics and outcomes in children in Ramadi, Iraq

Table 5 Comparison of complications with measles among the study group, according to their vaccination status, n (%)

Complications	Not vaccinated (n = 187)	Vaccinated (n = 102)	P value
Pneumonia	110 (58.8)	39 (38.2)	0.0011
Vomiting	84 (44.9)	46 (45.1)	0.977
Diarrhea	70 (37.4)	23 (22.5)	0.011
Otitis media	13 (7)	18 (17.6)	0.0051
Bronchiolitis	8 (4.3)	4 (3.9)	0.885
Febrile seizure	1 (0.5)	2 (2)	0.253
Encephalitis	3 (1.6)	0 (0)	0.198
Croup	2 (1.1)	0 (0)	0.295
Death2	3 (1.6)	0 (0)	0.198

¹Significant at 0.05 by Pearson’s χ² test.

²Death refers to measles-related mortality.