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Table 5 Multivariate logistic regression analysis of virus-meteorological and virus-virus associations

From: Viral aetiology of acute respiratory infections among children and associated meteorological factors in southern China

Covariate

EV

HRV

hCoV

PIV3

PIV4

hBoV

RSV

FluA

n (%)

aOR (95% CI)

n (%)

aOR (95% CI)

n (%)

aOR (95% CI)

n (%)

aOR (95% CI)

n (%)

aOR (95% CI)

n (%)

aOR (95% CI)

n (%)

aOR (95% CI)

n (%)

aOR (95% CI)

Temp. (°C )

25.8 ± 3.6

2.4 (2.1-2.7)

21.4 ± 5.4

1.0 (0.9-1.1)

22.7 ± 4.5

1.1 (1.0-1.2)

14.5 ± 3.0

0.3 (0.2-0.3)

22.5 ± 4.2

1.1 (1.0-1.3)

16.3 ± 2.2

0.7 (0.6-0.8)

16.3 ± 4.8

0.5 (0.5-0.6)

16.6 ± 5.1

0.6 (0.5-0.7)

Humidity (%)

76.9 ± 9.5

1.3 (1.1-1.6)

72.0 ± 10.7

1.1 (1.0-1.2)

74.7 ± 11.7

1.3 (1.1-1.5)

70.6 ± 7.5

1.8 (1.5-2.2)

73.9 ± 11.1

1.1 (0.9-1.3)

63.4 ± 9.9

0.7 (0.6-0.9)

69.6 ± 9.8

1.2 (1.0-1.5)

69.1 ± 8.3

1.1 (0.9-1.4)

Wind (Km/h)

10.6 ± 3.6

1.0 (0.9-1.2)

11.4 ± 4.1

1.1 (1.0-1.2)

11.2 ± 4.6

1.0 (0.9-1.2)

10.4 ± 3.3

0.7 (0.6-0.8)

10.0 ± 4.0

0.8 (0.7-0.9)

12.4 ± 3.2

1.1 (0.9-1.3)

10.5 ± 3.4

0.8 (0.6-0.9)

11.3 ± 3.8

0.9 (0.8-1.1)

EV*

NA

96 (25.7)

0.5 (0.4-0.7)

87 (23.3)

2.1 (1.4-3.1)

8 (2.1)

0.1 (0-0.2)

68 (18.2)

1.5 (0.9-2.4)

1 (0.3)

0 (0–0.2)

10 (2.7)

0.6 (0.2-1.3)

8 (2.1)

0.5 (0.2-1.2)

HRV*

96 (27.2)

0.5 (0.4-0.7)

NA

38 (10.8)

0.8 (0.5-1.2)

30 (8.5)

0.4 (0.3-0.7)

31 (8.8)

0.8 (0.5-1.3)

23 (6.5)

0.7 (0.4-1.2)

17 (4.8)

0.9 (0.5-1.6)

10 (2.8)

0.5 (0.3-1.1)

hCoV*

87 (56.1)

2.1 (1.3-3.1)

38 (24.5)

0.8 (0.5-1.2)

NA

14 (9.0)

0.6 (0.2-1.3)

76 (49.0)

13.1 (8.5-20.3)

4 (2.6)

0.4 (0.1-1.4)

16 (10.3)

2.1 (1.0-4.7)

10 (6.5)

1.2 (0.5-2.8)

PIV3*

8 (5.5)

0.1 (0–0.2)

30 (20.7)

0.4 (0.3-0.7)

14 (9.7)

0.5 (0.3-1.2)

NA

17 (11.7)

0.8 (0.4-1.7)

10 (6.9)

0.2 (0.1-0.6)

46 (31.7)

14.5 (7.8-27.0)

32 (22.1)

6.6 (3.4-12.8)

PIV4*

68 (51.5)

1.6 (1.0-2.6)

31 (23.5)

0.8 (0.5-1.2)

76 (57.6)

13.2 (8.6-20.4)

17 (12.9)

0.9 (0.4-1.9)

NA

6 (4.5)

0.9 (0.3-2.5)

19 (14.4)

3.1 (1.4-6.6)

14 (10.6)

2.7 (1.2-6.0)

hBoV*

1 (1.3)

0 (0–0.2)

23 (29.5)

0.7 (0.4-1.2)

4 (5.1)

0.4 (0.1-1.2)

10 (12.8)

0.2 (0.1-0.5)

6 (7.7)

0.9 (0.3-2.2)

NA

15 (19.2)

5.1 (2.4-11.0)

11 (14.1)

3.5 (1.6-8.0)

RSV*

10 (13.3)

0.8 (0.3-1.8)

17 (22.7)

0.9 (0.5-1.7)

16 (21.3)

1.9 (0.8-4.7)

46 (61.3)

13.6 (7.4-25.0)

19 (25.3)

2.6 (1.1-6.0)

15 (20.0)

4.1 (1.9-8.8)

NA

19 (25.3)

2.5 (1.2-5.1)

FluA*

8 (13.8)

0.6 (0.2-1.6)

10 (17.2)

0.5 (0.3-1.1)

10 (17.2)

0.8 (0.3-2.2)

32 (55.2)

6.6 (3.5-12.5)

14 (24.1)

2.3 (0.9-5.6)

11 (19.0)

3.1 (1.4-7.0)

19 (32.8)

2.8 (1.4-5.6)

NA

  1. Categorical data are presented as number (%), continuous data are presented as mean ± SD. Viruses with no significant association are not shown.
  2. *Adjusted for age, and all variables with p < 0.05 are shown in bold.
  3. Abbreviations: aOR, adjusted odds ratio, 95% CI, 95% confidence interval; NA, not applicable; EV, enterovirus; HRV, human rhinovirus; hCoV, human coronavirus; PIV3-4, parainfluenza 3–4; hBoV, human bocavirus; RSV, respiratory syncytial virus; FluA, influenza A.
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