Table 2 a) Prevalence of respiratory tract infections (RTIs) outcomes and b) frequency of long lasting RTIs
From: Obesity and risk of respiratory tract infections: results of an infection-diary based cohort study
a) | |||||||
All (N = 1455): | Male (N = 524): | Female (N = 931): | |||||
Outcome indicators | Prevalence (%) | 95% CI | Prevalence (%) | 95% CI | Prevalence (%) | 95% CI | P-valuea (gender) |
Monthly level: | |||||||
AnyRTI | 36.3 | (34.9;37.7) | 35.1 | (32.7;37.5) | 37.0 | (35.2;38.7) | 0.223 |
AnyURTI | 31.5 | (30.2;32.9) | 29.9 | (27.6;32.1) | 32.4 | (30.7;34.1) | 0.077 |
AnyLRTI | 7.9 | (7.1; 8.8) | 9.0 | (7.3;10.6) | 7.4 | (6.4; 8.3) | 0.097 |
Sinusitis | 7.0 | (6.2; 7.8) | 5.3 | (4.1; 6.5) | 7.9 | (6.9; 8.9) | < 0.001 |
Rhinitis | 26.6 | (25.4;27.9) | 25.8 | (23.7;27.9) | 27.0 | (25.4;28.6) | 0.368 |
Otitis media | 0.94 | (0.67; 1.21) | 0.87 | (0.49; 1.24) | 0.98 | (0.61; 1.35) | 0.674 |
Pharyngitis/Laryngitis | 10.5 | (9.6;11.3) | 9.7 | (8.2;11.2) | 10.9 | (9.8;11.9) | 0.218 |
Tonsillitis | 1.9 | (1.6; 2.3) | 1.4 | (0.8; 2.0) | 2.2 | (1.8; 2.7) | 0.040 |
Influenza-like illness | 11.4 | (10.6;12.1) | 11.3 | (10.1;12.6) | 11.4 | (10.4;12.4) | 0.942 |
Bronchitis | 7.8 | (7.0; 8.7) | 8.9 | (7.2;10.5) | 7.3 | (6.3; 8.2) | 0.102 |
Pneumonia | 0.21 | (0.11; 0.30) | 0.26 | (0.07; 0.45) | 0.17 | (0.08; 0.27) | 0.433 |
Pleurisy | 0.10 | (0.03; 0.17) | 0.17 | (0.00; 0.34) | 0.06 | (0.01; 0.11) | 0.220 |
Other acute resp. Infections | 2.4 | (2.0; 2.8) | 1.9 | (1.1; 2.7) | 2.6 | (2.1; 3.1) | 0.137 |
≥ 3 RTIs | 8.6 | (7.8; 9.4) | 8.1 | (6.8; 9.4) | 8.9 | (7.9; 9.8) | 0.362 |
Long RTIs | 13.0 | (11.9;14.0) | 12.7 | (10.8;14.6) | 13.1 | (11.8;14.4) | 0.737 |
Upper 10% in diary score | 10.0 | (9.1;10.9) | 10.0 | (8.4;11.6) | 10.0 | (8.9;11.1) | 0.992 |
Seasonal level: | |||||||
≥ 4 months RTIs | 19.3 | (17.6;21.0) | 18.6 | (15.9;21.4) | 19.6 | (17.5;21.8) | 0.566 |
≥ 3 long RTIs | 9.2 | (8.1;10.4) | 9.9 | (7.8;11.9) | 8.9 | (7.4;10.3) | 0.445 |
Upper 10% in diary score | 10.2 | (8.9;11.5) | 10.7 | (8.3;13.1) | 9.9 | (8.3;11.5) | 0.602 |
Individual-level: | |||||||
Upper 10% in diary score | 10.0 | (8.4;11.5) | 9.9 | (7.4;12.5) | 10.0 | (8.1;11.9) | 0.968 |
b) | |||||||
All (N = 1455): | Male (N = 524): | Female (N = 931): | |||||
Frequencyb (%) | 95% CI | Frequencyb (%) | 95% CI | Frequencyb (%) | 95% CI | P-valuea (gender) | |
Outcome indicators | |||||||
Any long RTI | 35.5 | (33.4;37.6) | 36.2 | (32.4;39.9) | 35.2 | (32.7;37.7) | 0.674 |
Sinusitis | 41.1 | (36.7;45.5) | 45.0 | (35.4;54.6) | 39.6 | (34.8;44.5) | 0.326 |
Rhinitis | 26.2 | (24.0;28.4) | 27.4 | (23.4;31.4) | 25.5 | (22.9;28.1) | 0.435 |
Otitis media | 32.6 | (22.7;42.6) | 36.7 | (18.1;55.4) | 31.1 | (19.1;43.0) | 0.616 |
Pharyngitis/Laryngitis | 27.8 | (24.6;30.9) | 32.6 | (26.7;38.6) | 25.5 | (22.0;29.1) | 0.043 |
Tonsillitis | 16.7 | (11.7;21.8) | 23.7 | (12.3;35.2) | 14.4 | (8.9;20.0) | 0.153 |
Influenza-like illness | 26.0 | (23.1;28.8) | 28.8 | (23.8;33.7) | 24.5 | (21.1;28.0) | 0.175 |
Bronchitis | 48.2 | (44.5;51.9) | 48.3 | (41.7;54.9) | 48.1 | (44.0;52.2) | 0.965 |
Pneumonia | 59.0 | (42.0;75.9) | 66.7 | (44.4;88.9) | 52.4 | (29.4;75.4) | 0.382 |
Other acute resp. infections | 46.5 | (39.7;53.3) | 55.8 | (42.5;69.0) | 42.9 | (35.5;50.4) | 0.097 |