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Table 2 Correlation of monthly rates of invasive pneumococcal disease with rates of respiratory virus infection in concurrent and preceding month. Catalonia, 2006–2012

From: Invasive pneumococcal disease rates linked to meteorological factors and respiratory virus circulation (Catalonia, 2006–2012)

Variable

All ages

<5 years

5–64 years

≥65 years

 

No lag a (p-value)

1-month lag b (p-value)

No laga (p-value)

1-month lagb (p-value)

No laga (p-value)

1-month lagb (p-value)

No laga (p-value)

1-month lagb (p-value)

Influenza

0.71

(<0.001)

0.64

(<0.001)

0.60

(<0.001)

0.57

(<0.001)

0.65

(<0.001)

0.57

(<0.001)

0.41

(<0.001)

0.36

(0.001)

RSV

0.77

(<0.001)

0.80

(<0.001)

0.63

(<0.001)

0.61

(<0.001)

0.50

(<0.001)

0.44

(<0.001)

0.38

(<0.001)

0.38

(<0.001)

Adenovirus

0.61

(<0.001)

0.39

(<0.001)

0.55

(<0.001)

0.32

(0.003)

0.23

(0.040)

0.17

(0.137)

0.09

(0.396)

−0.05

(0.663)

Temperature

−0.85

(<0.001)

−0.84

(<0.001)

−0.65

(<0.001)

−0.64

(<0.001)

−0.82

(<0.001)

−0.82

(<0.001)

−0.87

(<0.001)

−0.86

(<0.001)

Humidity

0.48

(<0.001)

0.62

(<0.001)

0.39

(<0.001)

0.56

(<0.001)

0.46

(<0.001)

0.60

(<0.001)

0.48

(<0.001)

0.63

(<0.001)

Sunshine hours

−0.67

(<0.001)

−0.79

(<0.001)

−0.53

(<0.001)

−0.62

(<0.001)

−0.65

(<0.001)

−0.76

(<0.001)

−0.67

(<0.001)

−0.81

(<0.001)

Wind speed

−0.31

(0.005)

−0.58

(<0.001)

−0.29

(0.008)

−0.54

(<0.001)

−0.30

(0.006)

−0.57

(<0.001)

−0.28

(0.010)

−0.54

(<0.001)

Days with rainfall

0.29

(0.008)

0.25

(0.021)

0.25

(0.024)

0.24

(0.031)

0.30

(0.006)

0.25

(0.022)

0.27

(0.013)

0.27

(0.013)

  1. Abbreviations: RSV respiratory syncytial virus
  2. Note: Numbers are Spearman’s rank correlation coefficients
  3. aConcurrent month
  4. bPreceding month