TABLE 3.
The association between acute upper respiratory infection and patient gender, age, and ethnicity.
| Participant characteristics | Non-acute upper respiratory infection (N = 7,212) | Acute upper respiratory infection (N = 1,625) | P-value |
| Age (years) | < 0.001 | ||
| 14–34 | 2,926 (73.2%) | 1,070 (26.8%) | – |
| 35–59 | 2,478 (84.1%) | 467 (15.9%) | – |
| 60–84 | 1,734 (95.3%) | 85 (4.7%) | – |
| ≥ 85 | 77 (100.0%) | 0 (0%) | – |
| Gender | < 0.001 | ||
| Male | 3,615 (83.5%) | 712 (16.5%) | – |
| Female | 3,600 (79.8%) | 910 (20.2%) | – |
| Ethnicity | < 0.001 | ||
| Han | 863 (71.3%) | 347 (28.7%) | – |
| Kyrgyz | 272 (80.2%) | 67 (19.8%) | – |
| Uygur | 6,080 (83.4%) | 1,208 (16.6%) | – |