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Table 6 Risk factors for nosocomial RSV infection

From: Clinical characterisation and phylogeny of respiratory syncytial virus infection in hospitalised children at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Cape Town

Risk factor

Nosocomial N = 22 n/n(%)

Crude OR (95 % CI)

p value

Adjusted b OR (95 % CI)

p value

Age

     

  < 6 months

9/160(5.6)

1

 

1

 

  ≥ 6 months

13/66(19.7)

4.11 (1.66–10.18)

0.002

3.35 (1.20–9.36)

0.02

Gender

     

 Male

9/117(7.7)

1

 

1

 

 Female

13/109(11.9)

1.63 (0.67–3.97)

0.29

1.90 (0.69–5.24)

0.22

Weight-for-age z score

     

 Appropriate

10/134(7.5)

1

 

1

 

 Underweight

12/92(13)

1.86 (0.78–4.51)

0.17

1.55 (0.56–4.3)

0.40

Pre-existing conditions other than HIV infection

     

 Yes

17/113(15)

1

 

1

 

 No

5/113(4.4)

0.23 (0.09–0.74)

0.01

0.40 (0.13–1.27)

0.12

HIV status a

     

 Unexposed uninfected

15/164(9.2)

1

 

1

 

 Exposed uninfected

4/47(8.5)

0.93 (0.29–2.93)

0.89

1.26 (0.36–4.40)

0.72

 Exposed infected

1/4(25.0)

3.31 (0.32–33.84)

0.31

4.31 (0.34–55.44)

0.26

RSV genotype

     

 N A1

14/127(11.0)

1

 

1

 

 NA2

0/9(0)

NA

 

NA

 

 ON1

5/45(11.1)

1.01 (0.34–2.98)

0.34

0.84 (0.26–2.73)

0.77

 BA4

3/45(6.7)

0.58 (0.16–2.11)

0.16

0.70 (0.18–2.81)

0.62

  1. OR (95 % CI) Odds ratio (95 % confidence interval)
  2. a HIV status not known in 11; n/n = stratum specific prevalence. NA = Not applicable
  3. b Model adjusted for nutritional status, HIV status, age, sex, genotype and pre-existing conditions