Table 3.

The association between the comorbidities and hospitalizations for influenza in children, by age group and gender. OR (95% CI), p-value.

Variables	0–1 Years Old	2–4 Years Old	5–14 Years Old	15–18 Years Old
Comorbidities
Obesity	-	2.21 (4.23–13.32);0.5	2.14 (0.21–20.42); 0.01	12.85 (3,23–43.44); 0.03
Endocrine/metabolic disease (1)	-	-	3.14 (2.456–9.012); 0.21	-
Asthma	-	-	12.34 (6.54–19.03); 0.0112	9.67 (3.23–22.75); 0.07
Respiratory disease (2)	-	14.44 (14.92–23.12); 0.11	2.52 (0.15–13.24); 0.10	12.24 (8,68–21.75); 0.123
Gastrointestinal disease (3)	9.31 (4.244–15.65); 0.123	12.75 (5.33–13.21); 0.05	14.43 (12.23–32,33); 0.5	2.33 (6.01–12.07); 0.15
Renal disease (4)	-	-	12 (2.90–22-07); 0.77	-
Atopic dermatitis	1.23 (1.23–5.96);0.09	12.44 (8.97–19.23); 0.86	-	1.23 (2.12–21.05); 0.6
Gender Male Female	1.44 (2.01–11.03); 0.14 10.95 (3.47–34.3); 0.12	15.45 (2.59–89.87); 0.03 11.24 (8.47–19.97); 0.5	8.63 (2.34–3.01); 0.01 6.91 (1.44–13.23); 0.12	15.56 (3.34–23.98); 0.9 8.77 (2.25–31.32); 0.5

Note: Standard statistical significance is applied to values that are bolded. p-values ≤ 0.05 were considered statistically significant.