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Table 2 Characteristics of included admissions overall and by site

From: Influenza epidemiology and influenza vaccine effectiveness during the 2015–2016 season: results from the Global Influenza Hospital Surveillance Network

Category

n (%)

St. Petersburg

Moscow

Czech Republic

Turkey

France

Beijing

Valencia

Mexico

India

Curitiba

Total

N = 2071

N = 1934

N = 124

N = 704

N = 141

N = 2157

N = 2145

N = 96

N = 331

N = 179

N = 9882

Age (y), median [IQR]

2 [0–12]

20 [3–29]

48 [31–69]

6 [0–65]

66 [51–79]

9 [3–66]

70 [39–82]

42 [20–58]

37 [0–65]

1 [0–6]

20 [2–61]

Age groupa

 0–1 y

813 (39.3)

239 (12.4)

0 (0.0)

247 (35.1)

0 (0.0)

309 (14.3)

317 (14.8)

7 (7.3)

111 (33.5)

102 (57.0)

2145 (21.7)

 2–4 y

550 (26.6)

365 (18.9)

0 (0.0)

96 (13.7)

0 (0.0)

572 (26.5)

82 (3.8)

6 (6.3)

13 (3.9)

27 (15.1)

1711 (17.3)

 5–17 y

261 (12.6)

228 (11.8)

0 (0.0)

69 (9.8)

0 (0.0)

258 (12.0)

53 (2.5)

10 (10.4)

6 (1.8)

23 (12.8)

908 (9.2)

 18–49 y

356 (17.2)

1000 (51.7)

66 (53.2)

41 (5.8)

32 (22.7)

216 (10.0)

190 (8.9)

33 (34.4)

59 (17.8)

8 (4.5)

2001 (20.2)

 50–64 y

69 (3.3)

67 (3.5)

18 (14.5)

70 (10.0)

32 (22.7)

239 (11.1)

275 (12.8)

23 (24.0)

41 (12.4)

13 (7.3)

847 (8.6)

 65–74 y

6 (0.3)

15 (0.8)

16 (12.9)

59 (8.4)

27 (19.1)

244 (11.3)

352 (16.4)

4 (4.2)

64 (19.3)

5 (2.8)

792 (8.0)

 75–84 y

15 (0.7)

17 (0.9)

18 (14.5)

85 (12.1)

29 (20.6)

260 (12.1)

489 (22.8)

11 (11.5)

31 (9.4)

1 (0.6)

956 (9.7)

 ≥ 85 y

1 (<  0.1)

3 (0.2)

6 (4.8)

36 (5.1)

21 (14.9)

59 (2.7)

387 (18.0)

2 (2.1)

6 (1.8)

0 (0.0)

521 (5.3)

Sex

 Male

1180 (57.0)

1002 (51.8)

67 (54.0)

378 (53.7)

63 (44.7)

1223 (56.7)

1151 (53.7)

42 (43.8)

180 (54.4)

94 (52.5)

5380 (54.4)

 Female

891 (43.0)

932 (48.2)

57 (46.0)

326 (46.3)

78 (55.3)

934 (43.3)

994 (46.3)

54 (56.3)

151 (45.6)

85 (47.5)

4502 (45.6)

Chronic conditions

 0

1872 (90.4)

1718 (88.8)

60 (48.4)

337 (47.9)

42 (29.8)

1529 (70.9)

742 (34.6)

32 (33.3)

156 (47.1)

118 (65.9)

6606 (66.8)

 1

164 (7.9)

172 (8.9)

37 (29.8)

177 (25.1)

47 (33.3)

406 (18.8)

611 (28.5)

29 (30.2)

84 (25.4)

40 (22.3)

1767 (17.9)

 >  1

35 (1.7)

44 (2.3)

27 (21.8)

190 (27.0)

52 (36.9)

222 (10.3)

792 (36.9)

35 (36.5)

91 (27.5)

21 (11.7)

1509 (15.3)

Hospitalized within ≤12 mo

 No

1408 (68.0)

1577 (81.5)

99 (79.8)

385 (54.7)

76 (53.9)

1774 (82.2)

1448 (67.5)

62 (64.6)

202 (61.0)

137 (76.5)

7168 (72.5)

 Yes

663 (32.0)

357 (18.5)

25 (20.2)

319 (45.3)

65 (46.1)

383 (17.8)

697 (32.5)

34 (35.4)

129 (39.0)

42 (23.5)

2714 (27.5)

Underlying conditions

 Cardiovascular disease

59 (2.8)

100 (5.2)

38 (30.6)

219 (31.1)

60 (42.6)

427 (19.8)

842 (39.3)

30 (31.3)

94 (28.4)

19 (10.6)

1888 (19.1)

 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

21 (1.0)

18 (0.9)

4 (3.2)

98 (13.9)

30 (21.3)

252 (11.7)

510 (23.8)

7 (7.3)

85 (25.7)

14 (7.8)

1039 (10.5)

 Asthma

44 (2.1)

19 (1.0)

10 (8.1)

60 (8.5)

8 (5.7)

52 (2.4)

170 (7.9)

14 (14.6)

18 (5.4)

29 (16.2)

424 (4.3)

 Immunodeficiency/organ transplant

11 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

6 (4.8)

33 (4.7)

8 (5.7)

1 (<  0.1)

19 (0.9)

10 (10.4)

3 (0.9)

1 (0.6)

92 (0.9)

 Diabetes

14 (0.7)

19 (1.0)

16 (12.9)

88 (12.5)

28 (19.9)

98 (4.5)

515 (24.0)

12 (12.5)

37 (11.2)

13 (7.3)

840 (8.5)

 Chronic renal impairment

14 (0.7)

54 (2.8)

6 (4.8)

54 (7.7)

22 (15.6)

15 (0.7)

247 (11.5)

16 (16.7)

26 (7.9)

0 (0.0)

454 (4.6)

 Chronic neuromuscular disease

47 (2.3)

19 (1.0)

3 (2.4)

59 (8.4)

4 (2.8)

22 (1.0)

38 (1.8)

7 (7.3)

5 (1.5)

8 (4.5)

212 (2.1)

 Active neoplasm

6 (0.3)

8 (0.4)

12 (9.7)

57 (8.1)

18 (12.8)

28 (1.3)

148 (6.9)

4 (4.2)

22 (6.6)

1 (0.6)

304 (3.1)

 Chronic liver disease

15 (0.7)

21 (1.1)

3 (2.4)

8 (1.1)

4 (2.8)

9 (0.4)

73 (3.4)

3 (3.1)

1 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

137 (1.4)

 Autoimmune disease

13 (0.6)

15 (0.8)

4 (3.2)

10 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

8 (0.4)

27 (1.3)

11 (11.5)

14 (4.2)

2 (1.1)

104 (1.1)

 Pregnant (women 15–45 y)

0 (0.0)

596 (30.8)

2 (1.6)

2 (0.3)

4 (2.8)

0 (0.0)

3 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

4 (1.2)

4 (2.2)

615 (6.2)

 Obeseb,c

202 (9.8)

200 (10.3)

36 (29.0)

116 (19.5)

23 (16.3)

238 (11.0)

529 (24.7)

25 (26.3)

31 (9.4)

25 (14.0)

1425 (14.4)

Outpatient consultations within ≤3 mod

 0

927 (44.8)

655 (33.9)

43 (34.7)

164 (23.3)

17 (12.1)

1039 (48.2)

214 (10.0)

38 (39.6)

46 (13.9)

47 (26.3)

2151 (21.8)

 1

660 (31.9)

447 (23.1)

34 (27.4)

186 (26.4)

54 (38.6)

1022 (47.4)

246 (11.5)

18 (18.8)

54 (16.3)

74 (41.3)

2812 (28.5)

 ≥ 2

484 (23.4)

832 (43.0)

47 (37.9)

354 (50.3)

69 (49.3)

96 (4.45)

1685 (78.6)

40 (41.7)

231 (69.8)

58 (32.4)

4918 (49.8)

Smoking habits (≥ 18 y)e

 Never smoked

221 (49.4)

571 (51.8)

70 (56.5)

153 (58.0)

64 (45.4)

570 (56.0)

749 (44.2)

39 (53.4)

103 (51.2)

8 (29.6)

2548 (50.1)

 Past smoker

57 (12.8)

249 (22.6)

15 (12.1)

87 (33.0)

41 (29.1)

270 (26.5)

569 (33.6)

29 (39.7)

74 (36.8)

13 (48.1)

1404 (27.6)

 Current smoker

169 (37.8)

282 (25.6)

39 (31.5)

24 (9.1)

36 (25.5)

178 (17.5)

375 (22.2)

5 (6.8)

24 (11.9)

6 (22.2)

1138 (22.4)

Functional impairment status (Barthel index, patients ≥65 y)f

 Total (0–15)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (2.5)

21 (11.7)

0 (0.0)

37 (11.8)

116 (9.5)

0 (0.0)

5 (5.1)

0 (0.0)

180 (8.9)

 Severe (20–35)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

12 (6.7)

1 (1.3)

10 (3.2)

45 (3.7)

1 (5.9)

8 (8.2)

0 (0.0)

77 (3.8)

 Moderate (40–55)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (2.5)

14 (7.8)

4 (5.2)

38 (12.1)

72 (5.9)

2 (11.8)

23 (23.5)

0 (0.0)

154 (7.7)

 Mild (60–90)

4 (18.2)

7 (20.0)

5 (12.5)

71 (39.7)

16 (20.8)

172 (55.0)

230 (18.7)

8 (47.1)

41 (41.8)

0 (0.0)

554 (27.5)

 Minimal (95–100)

18 (81.8)

28 (80.0)

33 (82.5)

61 (34.1)

56 (72.7)

56 (17.9)

764 (62.3)

6 (35.3)

21 (21.4)

5 (100.0)

1048 (52.1)

Time from onset of symptoms to swabbing

 0–2 d

1102 (53.2)

1025 (53.1)

41 (33.1)

133 (19.1)

63 (44.7)

503 (23.3)

446 (20.8)

17 (17.9)

34 (10.3)

37 (20.7)

3401 (34.5)

 3–4 d

656 (31.7)

619 (32.1)

46 (37.1)

251 (36.1)

41 (29.1)

628 (29.1)

820 (38.3)

22 (23.2)

130 (39.3)

98 (54.7)

3311 (33.6)

 5–7 d

313 (15.1)

281 (14.6)

36 (29.0)

301 (43.2)

37 (26.2)

899 (41.7)

681 (31.8)

48 (50.5)

164 (49.5)

43 (24.0)

2803 (28.4)

 8–9 d

0 (0.0)

4 (0.2)

1 (0.8)

11 (1.6)

0 (0.0)

126 (5.8)

196 (9.1)

8 (8.4)

3 (0.9)

1 (0.6)

350 (3.5)

 >  10 or missing

5

8

1

2

1

17

Vaccinated for influenza during 2015–2016g

45 (2.2)

87 (4.5)

7 (5.6)

49 (7.0)

60 (42.6)

262 (12.1)

923 (43.0)

19 (19.8)

15 (4.5)

58 (32.4)

1525 (15.4)

 ≥ 14 d from ILI onseth

45 (100.0)

87 (100.0)

7 (100.0)

41 (83.7)

60 (100.0)

260 (99.2)

912 (98.8)

5 (26.3)

15 (100.0)

46 (79.3)

1478 (96.9)

  1. Abbreviations: ILI influenza-like illness
  2. a1 missing for Turkey
  3. b29 missing for Turkey
  4. cDetermined from the body mass index according to age and sex following the World Health Organization guidelines [12]
  5. d1 missing for France; Beijing categories were 0, 1–3, and ≥ 4
  6. e28 missing in Turkey
  7. f2 missing for Turkey, 250 for Beijing, 1 for Valencia, 3 for India, 1 for Curitiba
  8. g2 missing for St. Petersburg
  9. hPercentages are calculated relative to vaccinated patients