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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Oct 10.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Dec 6;73(11):e4321–e4328. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1697

Table 1.

Characteristics of Pregnant Women With 1 or More Respiratory Illness Episode: PRIME Cohort Study, 2017–2018

Overall (N = 3965) Influenza Positive (n = 309)
n (Col %) n (Row %) Relative Risk
Study year
 2017 (year 1) 1641 (41.4) 141 (8.6) Ref
 2018 (year 2) 2324 (58.6) 168 (7.2) 0.84
Site
 India 1585 (40.0) 115 (7.3) Ref
 Peru 1874 (47.3) 109 (5.8) 0.80
 Thailand 506 (12.8) 85 (16.8) 2.32
Age, mean (SD), years 27.3 (5.7) 28.2 (6.0)
Educationa
 No formal education 39 (1.0) 3 (7.7) Ref
 Primary 526 (13.3) 48 (9.1) 1.19
 Secondary 2060 (52.0) 138 (6.7) 0.87
 Postsecondary/university 1336 (33.7) 119 (8.9) 1.16
≥1 underlying medical conditionb 667 (16.8) 49 (7.3) 0.93
Respiratory conditions 96 (2.4) 3 (3.1) 0.40
Current smoker 141 (3.6) 9 (6.4) 0.81
Vaccinated against influenzac 1000 (25.2) 49 (4.9) 0.56
Parity, mean (SD)a 1.1 (1.2) 1.2 (1.2)
GA at enrollment, mean (SD), weeks 17.6 (6.1) 17.5 (6.1)
Number of ILS episodes with respiratory specimen collection
 1 2883 (72.7) 202 (7.0) Ref
 2 793 (20.0) 68 (8.6) 1.22
 3 209 (5.3) 26 (12.4) 1.78
 >3 80 (2.0) 13 (16.3) 2.32
Days from symptom onset to respiratory specimen collection, mean (SD)d 2.6 (1.7) 2.2 (1.5)

N = 3965 pregnant women.

Abbreviations: Col, column; GA, gestational age; ILS, influenza-like symptom; PRIME, Pregnancy and Influenza Multinational Epidemiologic; Ref, reference.

a

Five missing responses.

b

During the prior 24 months.

c

Vaccinated against influenza at least 14 days prior to report of symptom onset as verified by vaccination or medical records.

d

Unit of analysis is illness episodes.