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. 2024 Mar 11;19(3):e0298104. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298104

Table 3. Inpatients characteristics and penalized maximum likelihood logistic regression of typed RSV-cases without co-infection*.

n RSV-A/B (%B) OR (95% Ci) p Adjusted OR (95% Ci) Adjusted p-value
Age group
0-3m 53/79 (59.9) Ref. Ref.
3-6m 23/41 (64.1) 1.19 (0.64–2.19) 0.581 1.31 (0.70–2.46) 0.397
6-12m 24/18 (42.9) 0.51 (0.25–1.02) 0.057 0.55 (0.27–1.11) 0.096
1-2y 36/45 (55.6) 0.84 (0.48–1.46) 0.536 1.00 (0.56–1.78) 0.993
2-5y 24/22 (47.8) 0.62 (0.32–1.21) 0.159 0.73 (0.37–1.45) 0.373
Sex
Male 84/118 (58.4) Ref. Ref.
female 76/87 (53.4) 0.82 (0.54–1.23) 0.335 0.78 (0.51–1.20) 0.264
Hospital
Ullevål 85/98 (53.5) Ref. Ref.
AHUS 35/47 (57.3) 1.16 (0.69–1.96) 0.575 1.20 (0.70–2.04) 0.510
Østfold 40/60 (60.0) 1.30 (0.79–2.12) 0.301 1.28 (0.77–2.13) 0.337
Study season
2015/2016 44/77 (63.6) Ref. Ref.
2016/2017 93/91 (49.5) 0.56 (0.35–0.90) 0.016 0.55 (0.32–0.95) 0.032
2018/2019 23/37 (61.7) 0.92 (0.49–1.73) 0.787 0.95 (0.49–1.83) 0.873
Length of stay
<24 hours 35/40 (53.3) Ref. Ref.
> = 24 hours 125/165 (56.9) 1.16 (0.70–1.92) 0.575 1.17 (0.70–1.96) 0.543
Respiratory support
No 121/152 (55.7) Ref. Ref.
Yes 36/50 (58.1) 1.10 (0.68–1.80) 0.696 1.11 (0.66–1.86) 0.700
Acute upper respiratory tract infection (URTI)
No 146/189 (56.4) Ref. Ref.
Yes 14/16 (53.3) 0.88 (0.42–1.84) 0.734 0.83 (0.39–1.76) 0.629
Lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI)
No 15/16 (51.6) Ref. Ref.
Yes 145/189 (56.6) 1.22 (0.59–2.53) 0.586 1.20 (0.56–2.56) 0.633
Congenital heart disease or pulmonary disease (including BPD)
No 145/193 (57.1) Ref. Ref.
Yes 15/12 (44.4) 0.61 (0.28–1.32) 0.206 0.62 (0.28–1.38) 0.244
Comorbidity §
No 136/190 (58.3) Ref. Ref.
Yes 24/15 (38.5) 0.45 (0.23–0.89) 0.021 0.49 (0.25–0.99) 0.046
Gestational age <37 weeks
No 140/180 (56.3) Ref. Ref.
Yes 20/25 (55.6) 0.97 (0.52–1.80) 0.919 1.04 (0.54–1.98) 0.917

* Patients co-infected with one or more of Influenza, Metapneumovirus, Parainfluenza 1, 2, 3, 4 and Adenovirus, or cases with missing information about coinfections are excluded from this table.

Age groups, month of hospital contact, and the treating hospital were included as independent variables

Invasive ventilation, Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP), or Bi-level Positive Airway Pressure (BiPAP)

§ Including trisomy 21, neuromuscular, impairment, congenital heart disease, pulmonary disease, BPD, immunodeficiency, and cancer.