Table 3 Deaths rates and hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the independent relationship between pneumococcal vaccination (vs. no pneumococcal vaccination), and influenza vaccination (vs. no influenza vaccination) and death among asplenic subjects
Diagnosis category | Pneumococcal vaccination | Influenza vaccination | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Death rates (per 1000 person-years) | HR, 95% CI* | Death rates (per 1000 person-years) | HR, 95% CI* | ||
| Â | Pneumococcal vaccination | No pneumococcal vaccination | Â | Influenza vaccination | No influenza vaccination | Â |
ITP | 16.80 | 32.35 | 0.91, 0.33-2.54 | 16.00 | 52.79 | 0.36, 0.18-0.74 |
Hodgkins disease | 0.00 | 53.50 | Indeterminate | 23.97 | 74.21 | indeterminate |
Non-Hodgkins lymphoma | 45.77 | 59.02 | 1.00, 0.32-3.09 | 42.59 | 75.37 | 0.45, 0.19-1.08 |
Hemolytic anemia | 25.10 | 38.78 | 1.89, 0.31-11.44 | 17.65 | 84.98 | 0.10, 0.12-0.55 |
Hypersplenism | 15.77 | 18.16 | 3.21, 0.32-32.13 | 10.16 | 27.37 | 0.17, 0.02-1.38 |
Splenectomy, no pre-existing hematologic diagnosis | 41.81 | 57.21 | 1.11, 0.61-2.01 | 39.58 | 68.43 | 0.52, 0.34-0.78 |
Overall (all asplenic patients) †| 28.44 | 45.78 | 1.07, 0.70-1.65 | 27.00 | 61.67 | 0.46, 0.33-0.62 |