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. 2011 Oct 4;11:758. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-758

Table 2.

Underlying medical conditions of deceased patients with a laboratory-confirmed influenza A(H1N1)2009 virus infection, the Netherlands 2009-2011 (n = 103)

Pandemic season
2009-2010
N = 65
Influenza season
2010-2011
N = 38
Underlying medical condition* n (%) n (%) p
None** 10 (15) 10 (26) 0.3
Respiratory disorder 22 (34) 7 (18) 0.1
Immunological disorder# 23 (35) 5 (13) 0.02
Neurological disorder 9 (14) 4 (10) 0.9
Intellectual disability## 8 (12) 2 (5) 0.4
Cardiovascular disorders 5 (8) 12 (32) 0.005
Kidney/liver disorders 4 (6) 3 (8) 0.9
Malignancies### 2 (3) 3 (8) 0.5
Metabolic disorders 1 (2) 3 (8) 0.3
Multiple underlying disorders 17 (26) 10 (26) > 0.9

* Patients with multiple underlying disorders are counted for every underlying medical condition. For one patient underlying medical condition was unknown.

** In one patient a group A streptococcal infection was confirmed after autopsy.

# Including haematological malignancies.

## Including Down syndrome.

### Other non-specified malignancies.