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Table 1 Characteristics of IPD patients in 10 prefectures in Japan (n = 291) from April 2013 to March 2015

From: Invasive pneumococcal disease among adults in Japan, April 2013 to March 2015: disease characteristics and serotype distribution

Variable

n/Na (%)

Female

107/291 (37)

Median age; years (IQR)

70 (61-81)

Age group

 15–39 years

15/291 (5)

 40–64 years

86/291 (30)

65 years

190 (65)

BMI

 Normal or Healthy Weight (18.5 – 24.9)

139/248 (56)

 Overweight (25.0 and Above)

41/248 (17)

 Underweight (Below 18.5)

68/248 (27)

Smoking history

132/256 (52)

Alcohol abuse

39/257 (15)

Preceding influenza

11/192 (6)

Vaccination history of PPSV23

16/231 (7)

Comorbidities

202/281 (72)

 Chronic pulmonary disease

24/281 (9)

 Chronic heart disease

19/281 (7)

 Chronic liver disease

19/281 (7)

 Chronic kidney disease

17/281 (6)

 Diabetes mellitus

34/281 (12)

 Immunocompromised status

107/281 (38)

 Hyposplenia/asplenia

14/271 (5)

 Autoimmune disease

33/281 (12)

 Corticosteroid therapy

26/281 (9)

 Malignancy

56/281 (20)

 Solid cancer

37/281 (13)

 Hematologic cancer

17/281 (6)

 Anti-cancer agent

22/281 (8)

Clinical presentation

 Bacteremia without any focus

47/291 (16)

 Meningitis

46/291 (16)

 Bacteremic pneumonia

173/291 (59)

 Othersb

25/291 (9)

Serotype

 PCV13 type

135/291 (46)

 PPSV23 type

191/291 (66)

Outcomec

 Fatal

57/291 (20)

  1. IQR Interquartile range, BMI Body mass index, PPSV23 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine
  2. a Number of available answers
  3. b Others included bacteremic arthritis, bacteremic cellulitis, bacteremic spondylitis bacteremic cholangitis, bacteremic empyema, infected aortic aneurysm and infective endocarditis
  4. c The case fatality was defined as reporting of death by the case-reporting form at the time of reporting