Table 2. Incidence rates and incidence rate ratios of influenza infection of healthcare workers and non-healthcare workers from subgroup meta-analyses, according to vaccination status and diagnostic methods.
Vaccination status | Diagnostic methods | Subpopulation | Number of seasons | Number of subjects | Incidence rate [95% confidence interval](n/100 population/season) | Incidence Rate Ratio[95% confidence interval] |
Unvaccinated | All infections | HCWs | 10 | 2,273 | 18.69 [15.80, 22.11] | 3.43 [1.20, 5.67] |
Working adults | 4 | 4,373 | 5.44 [3.01, 9.84] | |||
Vaccinated | All infections | HCWs | 8 | 3,026 | 6.49 [4.63, 9.09] | 5.41 [2.79, 8.03] |
Working adults | 2 | 3,717 | 1.20 [0.86, 1.68] | |||
Unvaccinated | Symptomatic infections (serology) | HCWs | 7 | 1,857 | 7.54 [4.86, 11.70] | 1.47 [0.44, 2.50] |
Working adults | 4 | 1,234 | 5.12 [3.08, 8.52] | |||
Vaccinated | Symptomatic infections (serology) | HCWs | 7 | 3,092 | 4.81 [3.23, 7.16] | 1.58 [0.49, 2.67] |
Working adults | 3 | 2,619 | 3.04 [1.79, 5.15] |
Abbreviations: HCWs, healthcare workers.