From: Obesity and risk of respiratory tract infections: results of an infection-diary based cohort study
More unfavourable nutrition (lower third, N = 379) | More favourable nutrition (upper third, N = 530) | ||||||||||
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Prevalence (%) | Prevalence (%) | ||||||||||
Outcome indicators | Approach | Non-obese (N = 325) | Obese (N = 54) | OR | 95% CI | Non-obese (N = 467) | Obese (N = 63) | OR | 95% CI | OR unfavourable/OR favourable nutrition | P-value |
Monthly level: | |||||||||||
Any RTI | crude | 34.8 | 37.4 | 1.10 | (0.72; 1.68) | 35.8 | 49.3 | 1.99 | (1.34; 2.94) | 0.55 | 0.045 |
adjusteda | 1.13 | (0.74; 1.74) | 2.02 | (1.36; 2.99) | 0.56 | 0.049 | |||||
Any URTI | crude | 30.0 | 32.9 | 1.13 | (0.73; 1.77) | 31.0 | 43.8 | 2.01 | (1.34; 3.01) | 0.57 | 0.064 |
adjusteda | 1.22 | (0.78; 1.91) | 2.10 | (1.40; 3.14) | 0.58 | 0.075 | |||||
Any LRTI | crude | 7.5 | 8.4 | 1.75 | (0.79; 3.85) | 8.0 | 14.5 | 3.13 | (1.58; 6.19) | 0.56 | 0.274 |
adjusteda | 1.22 | (0.56; 2.67) | 2.43 | (1.24; 4.74) | 0.50 | 0.187 | |||||
Sinusitis | crude | 5.9 | 7.7 | 1.54 | (0.64; 3.67) | 7.2 | 14.2 | 2.40 | (1.14; 5.04) | 0.64 | 0.443 |
adjusteda | 1.55 | (0.64; 3.75) | 2.33 | (1.09; 4.94) | 0.67 | 0.491 | |||||
Rhinitis | crude | 26.7 | 28.3 | 1.04 | (0.67; 1.62) | 25.5 | 37.5 | 1.99 | (1.33; 2.97) | 0.52 | 0.034 |
adjusteda | 1.17 | (0.75; 1.82) | 2.14 | (1.43; 3.19) | 0.55 | 0.044 | |||||
Otitis media | crude | 1.35 | 0.60 | 0.46 | (0.06; 3.43) | 0.82 | 1.16 | 1.73 | (0.36; 8.27) | 0.27 | 0.312 |
adjusteda | 0.61 | (0.08; 4.63) | 2.17 | (0.48; 9.84) | 0.28 | 0.320 | |||||
Pharyngitis/Laryngitis | crude | 8.6 | 8.5 | 1.10 | (0.58; 2.09) | 10.3 | 18.3 | 2.80 | (1.65; 4.77) | 0.39 | 0.028 |
adjusteda | 1.08 | (0.57; 2.06) | 2.79 | (1.63; 4.76) | 0.39 | 0.025 | |||||
Tonsillitis | crude | 2.25 | 0.46 | 0.14 | (0.02; 1.04) | 1.72 | 2.09 | 1.63 | (0.47; 5.66) | 0.09 | 0.042 |
adjusteda | 0.19 | (0.03; 1.40) | 1.99 | (0.57; 6.95) | 0.10 | 0.050 | |||||
Influenza-like illness | crude | 11.9 | 13.9 | 1.22 | (0.77; 1.95) | 10.4 | 20.3 | 2.43 | (1.60; 3.70) | 0.50 | 0.032 |
adjusteda | 1.23 | (0.77; 1.98) | 2.42 | (1.58; 3.71) | 0.51 | 0.035 | |||||
Bronchitis | crude | 7.5 | 8.4 | 1.77 | (0.80; 3.94) | 7.9 | 13.8 | 2.71 | (1.34; 5.45) | 0.65 | 0.434 |
adjusteda | 1.23 | (0.55; 2.70) | 2.09 | (1.05; 4.17) | 0.58 | 0.312 | |||||
Pneumonia | crude | 0.06 | 0.00 | 1.00 | (.;.) | 0.25 | 0.99 | 14.92 | (1.10;202.01) | 0.07 | 0.042 |
adjusteda | 1.00 | (.;.) | 7.30 | (0.89;59.69) | 0.14 | 0.064 | |||||
Other acute resp. infections | crude | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.73 | (0.19; 2.75) | 2.1 | 3.3 | 1.38 | (0.46; 4.13) | 0.53 | 0.464 |
adjusteda | 0.64 | (0.17; 2.43) | 1.22 | (0.41; 3.61) | 0.52 | 0.456 | |||||
≥ 3 RTIs | crude | 8.6 | 7.9 | 1.01 | (0.51; 2.00) | 8.0 | 17.3 | 3.72 | (2.11; 6.55) | 0.27 | 0.004 |
adjusteda | 1.01 | (0.51; 2.00) | 3.53 | (2.00; 6.25) | 0.29 | 0.005 | |||||
Long RTIs | crude | 11.4 | 14.8 | 1.77 | (0.89; 3.50) | 12.0 | 26.4 | 3.87 | (2.12; 7.05) | 0.46 | 0.091 |
adjusteda | 1.50 | (0.76; 2.99) | 3.31 | (1.81; 6.05) | 0.46 | 0.088 | |||||
Upper 10% in diary score | crude | 9.6 | 9.9 | 1.26 | (0.64; 2.47) | 9.3 | 21.3 | 3.58 | (2.01; 6.36) | 0.35 | 0.021 |
adjusteda | 1.14 | (0.58; 2.24) | 3.24 | (1.82; 5.78) | 0.35 | 0.020 | |||||
Seasonal level: | |||||||||||
≥ 4 months RTIs | crude | 18.5 | 19.8 | 1.11 | (0.41; 3.05) | 18.1 | 38.5 | 6.31 | (2.59;15.41) | 0.18 | 0.012 |
adjusteda | 1.10 | (0.40; 3.02) | 5.82 | (2.39;14.18) | 0.19 | 0.014 | |||||
≥ 3 long RTIs | crude | 8.0 | 10.7 | 1.64 | (0.63; 4.32) | 8.8 | 24.5 | 5.52 | (2.55;11.95) | 0.30 | 0.052 |
adjusteda | 1.38 | (0.51; 3.73) | 4.72 | (2.15;10.34) | 0.29 | 0.053 | |||||
Upper 10% in diary score | crude | 9.5 | 9.1 | 0.89 | (0.18; 4.36) | 8.9 | 28.7 | 14.73 | (4.41;49.21) | 0.06 | 0.006 |
adjusteda | 0.61 | (0.12; 3.02) | 10.65 | (3.41;33.28) | 0.06 | 0.004 | |||||
Individual level: | |||||||||||
Upper 10% in diary score | crude | 9.5 | 9.3 | 0.97 | (0.36; 2.61) | 8.3 | 25.4 | 3.74 | (1.94; 7.19) | 0.26 | 0.026 |
adjusteda | 0.77 | (0.28; 2.10) | 3.12 | (1.58; 6.15) | 0.25 | 0.022 |