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Table 1 Characteristics of the study group

From: Analytical performance of the BD veritor™ system for rapid detection of influenza virus A and B in a primary healthcare setting

 

Childhood group

N = 72 (%)

Adulthood group

N = 166 (%)

Whole group

N = 238 (%)

Female

26

109

135 (56.7 %)

Male

46

57

103 (43.3 %)

Age

10.3 ± 4.7

42.5 ± 13.7

32.7 ± 18.9

Symptom-onset interval (days)

2.8 ± 1.9

2.3 ± 1.5

2.3 ± 1.6

Seasonal Flu vaccine

2 (2.8 %)

11 (6.6 %)

13 (5.5 %)

Presence of chronica diseases

2 (2.8 %)

19 (11.4 %)

21 (8.8 %)

  1. aValid percent of chronic diseases; allergic rhinitis 4 %, asthma 1.6 %, diabetes and hepatitis C 4 %, diabetes and hypertension 4 %, epilepsy 4 %, hypothyroid 4 %, hypertension 1.2 %, hypertension and congestive cardiac failure 4 %, chronic pulmoner diseases 4 %, chronic obstructive pulmoner diseases 8 %, chronic obstructive pulmoner diseases and hypertension 4 %, breast cancer 4 %, splenectomy 4 %.