Table 2 Socio-demographic, exposure and health characteristics of GrippeNet.fr participants over the 2012/13 to 2017/18 study period and demographic characteristics of the French metropolitan population (Inseea, 2015 data). (For comprehensive results of the representativeness of GrippeNet.fr participants, see ref. [17])
From: Factors associated with influenza-like-illness: a crowdsourced cohort study from 2012/13 to 2017/18
2012/13–2017/18 study periodb N = 6992 | Metropolitan France general population (Inseea, 2015 data) N = 64,604,773 | |
|---|---|---|
Sociodemographic characteristics | ||
Gender (m.d. = 0) | ||
Female | 4258 (61%) | 52% |
Male | 2734 (39%) | 48% |
Age (m.d. = 10) | ||
[0–5) | 109 (2%) | 6% |
[5–15) | 384 (5%) | 12% |
[15–45) | 1900 (27%) | 37% |
[45–65) | 2577 (37%) | 26% |
[65–75) | 1567 (22%) | 10% |
75 | 445 (6%) | 9% |
Household composition (m.d. = 16) | ||
Living alone | 1063 (15%) | 36% |
Living with ≥1 child | 2435 (35%) | 32% |
Living with adults only | 3478 (50%) | 32% |
Occupation (m.d. = 123) | ||
Working | 3345 (49%) | 40% |
Student | 774 (11%) | 24% |
Unemployed | 160 (2%) | 10% |
Retired | 2321 (34%) | 25% |
Stay at home/Sick leave | 266 (4%) | – |
Place of residency (m.d. = 0) | ||
Urban | 5637 (81%) | 77% |
Rural | 1355 (19%) | 23% |
Lifestyle | ||
Use of public transport (m.d. = 0) | 1169 (17%) | – |
Individuals’ contacts (m.d. = 0) | ||
Contact with patients | 728 (10%) | – |
Contact with elderly | 721 (10%) | – |
Contact with a group of people (≥10) | 2268 (32%) | – |
Contact with children | 1788 (26%) | – |
At least one pet at home (m.d. = 14) | 3199 (46%) | – |
Health characteristics | ||
Influenza vaccination (current season) (m.d. = 6) | 2517 (36%) | – |
Smokers (m.d. = 7) | 766 (11%) | – |
At least one health comorbidityc (m.d. = 0) | 1504 (22%) | – |
Chronic treatment c for: (m.d. = 0) | ||
Asthma | 441 (6%) | – |
Diabetes | 263 (4%) | – |
Heart diseases | 686 (10%) | – |
Kidney diseases | 50 (1%) | – |
Immunosuppression | 210 (3%) | – |
Pulmonary diseases | 195 (3%) | – |
At least one respiratory allergy (m.d. = 0) | 2413 (35%) | – |
BMI (m.d. = 139) | ||
Underweight | 348 (5%) | – |
Normal weight | 3946 (58%) | – |
Overweight | 1799 (26%) | – |
Obese | 760 (11%) | – |