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Table 4 Hazard ratio (HR) of household incidence - summary table for influenza-like -illness (ILI), lower respiratory infection (LRTI) and upper respiratory infection (URTI). Registered Population of the RCGP RSC Surveillance Network of primary care practices in UK. 2013/14 Season to 2017/18 Season

From: Household presentation of influenza and acute respiratory illnesses to a primary care sentinel network: retrospective database studies (2013–2018)

Variable type

Variable detail

Reference group:

ILI (HR) (95% C.I)

LRTI (HR) (95% C.I)

URTI (HR) (95% C.I)

Gender

Female:male ratio

female

0·87 (0·76–0·99)

0·94 (0·9–0·98)

0·83 (0·81–0·84)

Socioeconomic status (SES)

IMD Quintile

Change with improved SES

0·91 (0·84–0·99)

0·99 (0·97–1·02)

0·93 (0·92–0·94)

Ethnicity

Asian

White ethnicity

2·38 (2·32–2·44)

1·06 (0·92–1·21)

1·48 (1·42–1·55)

Black

 

0·81 (0·71–0·91)

0·69 (0·53–0·9)

0·89 (0·83–0·95)

Mixed

 

1·33 (1·23–1·60)

1·04 (0·85–1·26)

1·28 (1·20–1·37)

Other

 

1·93 (1·64–2·23)

0·7 (0·53–0·94)

1·15 (1·05–1·25)

Preschool child

Under 5 in Household

No under 5

2·34 (1·88–2·90)

2·97 (2·76–3·2)

10·32 (10·04–10·62)

Household size

Household size

For each increase in size

1·56 (1·46–1·67)

1·36 (1·36–1·41)

1·29 (1·27–1·30)

Presence of Disease

Asthma

Not present in household

1·05 (0·82–1·33)

1·48 (1·4–1·58)

1·15 (1·11–1·19)

Pregnancy

 

1·67 (1·03–2·70)

0·91 (0·74–1·11)

1·03 (0·96–1·11)

Diabetes

 

1·2 (0·92–1·55)

1·31 (1·22–1·41)

0·7 (0·66–0·74)

Respiratory Condition

 

0·72 (0·43–1·21)

1·43 (1·31–1·56)

0·53 (0·47–0·59)

Coronary Heart disease

 

1·19 (0·89–1·58)

1·52 (1·42–1·62)

0·83 (0·77–0·89)

Chronic kidney Disease

 

1·14 (0·74–1·75)

1·44 (1·32–1·55)

0·61 (0·53–0·69)

Immunosuppressed

 

0·99 (0·61–1·60)

1·31 (1·14–1·50)

0·88 (0·78–0·99)

Obesity

 

1·48 (0·92–2·41)

1·25 (1·09–1·32)

0·88 (0·80–0·97)

Neurological Disease

 

1·2 (0·82–1·75)

1·5 (1·38–1·63)

0·82 (0·76–0·89)

Liver Disease

 

1·1 (0·59–2·07)

1·11 (0·87–1·41)

0·79 (0·68–0·92)

Asplenia

 

1·36 (0·52–3·60)

0·96 (0·75–1·23)

0·9 (0·80–1·02)

Urban-rural class

Conurbation

City and Town

0·77 (0·60–0·98)

0·99 (0·99–1·07)

0·94 (0·91–0·98)

Rural

 

1·45 (1·07–1·97)

1·16 (1·06–1·27)

0·91 (0·87–0·96)

NHS Region

Midlands and East

London

0·66 (0·44–0·99)

1·72 (1·54–1·92)

0·67 (0·64–0·71)

North

 

0·64 (0·43–0·95)

1·77 (1·62–1·94)

0·81 (0·78–0·85)

South

 

0·75 (0·51–1·10)

1·35 (1·23–1·48)

0·74 (0·71–0·78)

  1. HR ratio, ILI influenza like illness, LRTI lower respiratory infection, URTI upper respiratory infection, C.I confidence interval, IMD index of multiple deprivation, ONS office of the national statistics, NHS national health service, sig significance