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Table 1 Predictors of transmission (participant primay case, 177 household ILI events)

From: Household transmission of respiratory viruses – assessment of viral, individual and household characteristics in a population study of healthy Australian adults

Explanatory variable

Transmission % for group

Univariate logistic regression

Multivariate logistic regression

OR (95% CI)

p

OR (95% CI)

P

Virus Group (cf none detected)

None

20 of 95 (21.1%)

1.00 (def)

-

1.00 (def)

-

Picornavirus

10 of 40 (25.0%)

1.25 (0.524, 2.98)

0.615

0.996 (0.398, 2.49)

0.994

Influenza

5 of 17 (29.4%)

1.56 (0.493, 4.95)

0.448

1.87 (0.552, 6.36)

0.314

Coronavirus

3 of 6 (50.0%)

3.75 (0.703, 20.0)

0.122

2.43 (0.409, 14.4)

0.330

Other

0 of 8 (0.00%)

-

-

-

-

Sex (cf male)

Male

9 of 69 (13.0%)

1.00 (def)

-

1.00 (def)

-

Female

30 of 108 (27.8%)

2.56 (1.13, 5.81)

0.024

2.45 (1.01, 5.93)

0.047

Smoking (cf not current smoker)

Not current smoker

36 of 161 (22.4%)

1.00 (def)

-

1.00 (def)

-

Current smoker

3 of 12 (25.0%)

1.16 (0.298, 4.50)

0.833

1.40 (0.319, 6.12)

0.658

Age (cf 18–24 years)

18-24 years

9 of 47 (19.2%)

1.00 (def)

-

Not included

-

25-34 years

5 of 28 (17.9%)

0.918 (0.274, 3.08)

0.890

Not included

-

35-44 years

15 of 37 (40.5%)

2.88 (1.08, 7.66)

0.034

Not included

-

45-54 years

6 of 36 (16.7%)

0.844 (0.270, 2.64)

0.771

Not included

-

55-64 years

4 of 29 (13.8%)

0.676 (0.188, 2.43)

0.549

Not included

-

Household size (cf size 2)

2

14 of 64 (21.9%)

1.00 (def)

-

Not included

-

3

4 of 44 (9.09%)

0.357 (0.109, 1.17)

0.089

Not included

-

4

11 of 46 (23.9%)

1.22 (0.456, 2.76)

0.801

Not included

-

5

8 of 17 (47.1%)

3.17 (1.03, 9.75)

0.044

Not included

-

6

2 of 3 (66.7%)

7.14 (0.602, 84.7)

0.119

Not included

-

7

0 of 3 (0.00%)

-

-

Not included

-

Presence of child (cf no children in house)

No child in house

22 of 123 (17.9%)

1.00 (def)

-

1.00 (def)

-

At least one child in house

17 of 54 (31.5%)

2.11 (1.01, 4.41)

0.047

2.63 (1.18, 5.88)

0.018