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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Dec 16.
Published in final edited form as: Vaccine. 2015 Nov 10;33(51):7160–7167. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.11.004

Table 2.

The presence of ILI symptoms and duration of each symptom between influenza vaccinated and unvaccinated cases (all influenza cases)

Presence of Symptoms Median duration with Symptoms1 (IQR)

Bivariate analysis Multivariate analysis Bivariate analysis
Symptom Unvaccinated n=44 Vaccinated n=111 P-value OR2 95% CI Unvaccinated n=44 Vaccinated n=111 P-value3
Chills 34 (77.3) 92 (82.9) 0.419 3 (2, 5) 4 (2.5, 5) 0.550
Cough 44 (100) 110 (99.1) 1.0004 7 (6, 7) 7 (6, 7) 0.179
Rhinorrhea 35 (79.6) 88 (79.3) 0.971 5.5 (4, 7) 5 (3, 7) 0.451
Earache 23 (52.3) 47 (42.3) 0.263 2 (0, 4) 1 (0, 4) 0.281
Sneezing 25 (56.8) 57 (51.4) 0.539 3 (2, 5) 3 (0, 5) 0.842
Sore throat 31 (70.5) 88 (79.3) 0.241 4 (2, 6) 5 (2, 6) 0.862
Eye issues 19 (43.2) 47 (42.3) 0.924 1.5 (0, 4) 2 (0, 4) 0.760
Nausea 19 (43.2) 40 (36.0) 0.409 1 (0, 3) 1 (0, 3) 0.646
Vomiting 5 (11.4) 17 (15.3) 0.525 0 (0, 0) 0 (0, 0) 0.446
Diarrhea 2 (4.6) 12 (10.8) 0.3524 0 (0, 1) 0 (0, 1) 0.245
Hoarseness 30 (68.2) 82 (73.9) 0.475 5 (2, 6) 4 (2, 6) 0.875
Joint pain 28 (75.7) 89 (80.9) 0.494 4 (2, 6) 4 (2, 6) 0.706
Dyspnea 28 (63.6) 56 (50.5) 0.137 4 (1, 6) 2 (0, 5) 0.013**
Myalgia 30 (68.2) 93 (83.8) 0.031** 3.31** (1.22, 8.97) 4 (2, 6) 4 (2, 6) 0.650
Headache 37 (84.1) 99 (89.2) 0.383 4 (3, 6) 4 (3, 5) 0.371
Fatigue 44 (100) 102 (91.9) 0.0614 N/A5 6.5 (5, 7) 5 (4, 7) 0.016**
Dizziness 22 (50.0) 42 (37.8) 0.166 2.5 (0, 5) 1 (0, 4) 0.037**
Appetite loss 37 (84.1) 91 (82.0) 0.755 5 (3, 7) 5 (3, 6.5) 0.764
Abdominal pain 16 (36.4) 36 (32.4) 0.640 1 (0, 4) 0 (0, 2) 0.069
Chest pain 25 (56.8) 51 (46.0) 0.222 3.5 (0, 5) 1 (0, 4) 0.057
Fever >101°F 31 (70.5) 52 (46.9) 0.008** 0.24** (0.10, 0.62) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
1

Any severity.

2

Odds ratios from multivariate logistic regression, adjusting for sex, influenza season and use of antiviral drugs. MVA is only performed on symptoms with p-value <0.05 in bivariate analysis.

3

P-value of exact test

4

By Mann-Whitney U test; equal variances assumed.

IQR: interquartile range, N/A: Not Available, 95% CI: 95% confidence interval

**

p<0.05.