Table 1.
Distribution of background characteristics between patients prescribed antivirals (early vs. late) and those with no prescription. Early vs. No means a comparison between those with early antiviral prescription and those with no prescription.
| Timing of antiviral prescription | Antiviral prescription | |||||||||
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| Early Rx (≤48 hrs) (n=40) |
Late Rx (>48 hrs) (n=23) |
Ever (n=63) |
Never (n=200) |
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| Variables | N | (%) | N | (%) | P | N | (%) | N | (%) | P |
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| Age | ||||||||||
| 0–17 | 9 | (90.0) | 1 | (10.0) | 0.08 | 10 | (9.5) | 95 | (90.5) | <0.01 |
| 18–65 | 31 | (58.5) | 22 | (41.5) | 53 | (33.5) | 105 | (66.5) | ||
| Sex | ||||||||||
| Male | 23 | (60.5) | 15 | (39.5) | 0.55 | 38 | (25.3) | 112 | (74.7) | 0.55 |
| Female | 17 | (68.0) | 8 | (32.0) | 25 | (22.1) | 88 | (77.9) | ||
| Site | ||||||||||
| WRNMMC, MD | 2 | (66.7) | 1 | (33.3) | 0.90 | 3 | (33.3) | 6 | (66.7) | <0.01 |
| SAMHS, TX | 18 | (66.7) | 9 | (33.3) | 27 | (41.5) | 38 | (58.5) | ||
| NMCSD, CA | 11 | (57.9) | 8 | (42.1) | 19 | (19.2) | 80 | (80.8) | ||
| NMCP, VA | 2 | (100.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 2 | (3.4) | 57 | (96.6) | ||
| MAMC, WA | 7 | (58.3) | 5 | (41.7) | 12 | (38.7) | 19 | (61.3) | ||
| Race | ||||||||||
| White | 28 | (66.7) | 14 | (33.3) | 0.84 | 42 | (24.9) | 127 | (75.1) | 0.68 |
| African American | 6 | (54.5) | 5 | (45.5) | 11 | (23.4) | 36 | (76.6) | ||
| Asian | 2 | (66.7) | 1 | (33.3) | 3 | (14.3) | 18 | (85.7) | ||
| Others | 4 | (57.1) | 3 | (42.9) | 7 | (29.2) | 17 | (70.8) | ||
| Smoking status in patients aged 13 and older | ||||||||||
| Current Smoker | 2 | (25.0) | 6 | (75.0) | 0.16 | 16 | (66.7) | 8 | (33.3) | 0.89 |
| Former Smoker | 6 | (60.0) | 4 | (40.0) | 19 | (65.5) | 10 | (34.5) | ||
| Non-Smoker | 21 | (63.6) | 12 | (36.4) | 76 | (69.7) | 33 | (30.3) | ||
| Obesity (BMI>=30) | ||||||||||
| No | 29 | (63.0) | 17 | (37.0) | 0.66 | 46 | (30.3) | 106 | (69.7) | 0.01 |
| Yes | 3 | (50.0) | 3 | (50.0) | 6 | (12.2) | 43 | (87.8) | ||
| Morbid obesity (BMI>=40; not available in children) | ||||||||||
| No | 27 | (57.4) | 20 | (42.6) | 1.00 | 47 | (33.8) | 92 | (66.2) | 1.00 |
| Yes | 1 | (100.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (25.0) | 3 | (75.0) | ||
| Index attending daycare? (children only) | ||||||||||
| No | 6 | (100.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0.91 | 6 | (8.5) | 65 | (91.5) | 0.19 |
| Yes | 3 | (75.0) | 1 | (25.0) | 4 | (18.2) | 18 | (81.8) | ||
| Any HH member attending Daycare? | ||||||||||
| No | 28 | (68.3) | 13 | (31.7) | 0.74 | 41 | (20.9) | 155 | (79.1) | 0.09 |
| Yes | 8 | (61.5) | 5 | (38.5) | 13 | (33.3) | 26 | (66.7) | ||
| Currently pregnant (only adult female <50 yrs) | ||||||||||
| No | 13 | (68.4) | 6 | (31.6) | 1.00 | 19 | (35.8) | 34 | (64.2) | 1.00 |
| Yes | 1 | (50.0) | 1 | (50.0) | 2 | (40.0) | 3 | (60.0) | ||
| Hospitalization | ||||||||||
| No | 35 | (71.4) | 14 | (28.6) | 0.07 | 49 | (21.3) | 181 | (78.7) | <0.01 |
| Yes | 4 | (40.0) | 6 | (60.0) | 10 | (62.5) | 6 | (37.5) | ||
| Receipt of Flu vaccine in the current season | ||||||||||
| No | 11 | (78.6) | 3 | (21.4) | 0.33 | 14 | (14.6) | 82 | (85.4) | <0.01 |
| Yes | 25 | (59.5) | 17 | (40.5) | 42 | (32.6) | 87 | (67.4) | ||
NOTE. *including monovalent (H1N1)pdm09 influenza vaccine