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. 2014 Jan 29;209(12):1873–1881. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jit839

Table 1.

Summary of Demographic Characteristics by Subject (Total Cohort: N = 553 Subjects With Moderate-to-Severe Influenza-like Illness With Samples Collected)

Characteristic Category All Subjects Subjects Hospitalizeda Subjects With Pneumoniaa Subjects With ISS Score >2a
No. of subjects (N) N = 553 N = 62 N = 28 N = 490
Age, years Mean (SD) 72.8 (5.5) 74.3 (5.8) 71.9 (5.4) 72.7 (5.5)
Range 65.0–93.0 65.0–88.0 65.0–87.0 65.0–93.0
Age group, n (%)b 65–69 178 (32.2) 14 (22.6) 11 (39.3) 160 (32.7)
70–74 181 (32.7) 21 (33.9) 9 (32.1) 163 (33.3)
75–79 124 (22.4) 15 (24.2) 5 (17.9) 109 (22.2)
80+ 70 (12.7) 12 (19.4) 3 (10.7) 58 (11.8)
Gender ratio Women/Men 1.8 1.4 1.5 1.8
Life independence status, n (%)c Independent 507 (91.7) 52 (83.9) 27 (96.4) 453 (92.4)
Low-level care 18 (3.3) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 18 (3.7)
High level care 28 (5.1) 10 (16.1) 1 (3.6) 19 (3.9)

Abbreviations: ISS, influenza symptom severity score; SD, standard deviation.

a One subject may belong to >1 category.

b n (%), no. (percentage) of subjects in a given category.

c Low-level care: care with living arrangement provisions that cater for having chronic limitations. High-level care: provides more intense supervision, intermittent services, and nursing care for those who require high support