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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 15.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Infect Dis. 2016 May 3;63(4):487–494. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw290

Table 2.

Analysis of Birth Outcomes by Maternal Vaccination Status and Influenza Activity Among Women Who Had Live Births (n = 4854)

Outcome Total N (%) Vaccinated N (%) Unvaccinated N (%) P Value for
Crude Analysis
Crude Risk to Vaccinated
(95% CI)
Adjusteda Risk Ratio to Vaccinated
(95% CI)
Proportion small for gestational age 156/3699 (4.2) 85/1811 (4.7) 71/1888 (3.8) .16 1.25 (.92–1.70) 1.25 (.91–1.72)
  High influenza activity 129/3129 (4.1) 71/1532 (4.6) 58/1597 (3.6) .16 1.28 (.91–1.79) 1.22 (.86–1.74)
  Low influenza activity 27/570 (4.7) 14/279 (5.0) 13/291 (4.5) .76 1.12 (.54–2.35) 1.50 (.71–3.17)
Proportion preterm 378/3709 (10.2) 136b/1819 (7.5) 242/1890 (12.8) <.001 0.58 (.48–.71) 0.70 (.57–.87)
  High influenza activity 316/3137 (10.1) 111/1538 (7.2) 205/1599 (12.8) <.001 0.56 (.45–.70) 0.69 (.55–.87)
  Low influenza activity 62/572 (10.8) 25/281 (8.9) 37/291 (12.7) .14 0.70 (.43–1.13) 0.83 (.50–1.37)
Difference in means
(vaccinated–unvaccinated)
Difference in marginal means
(vaccinated–unvaccinated)
Mean birth weight, g (standard deviation) 3070 g (451) 3082 g (423) 3060 g (471) .09 +22 g +1.6 gc
  High influenza activity (n = 4079) 3077 g (453) 3092 g (425) 3065 g (473) .06 +27 g +9 gd
  Low influenza activity (n = 767) 3035 g (439) 3030 g (412) 3039 g (458) .78 −9 g −39 ge

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; g, grams.

a

Adjusted for mother’s age, parity, province, ethnicity, education, income, number of antenatal visits, number of household members, and distance to hospital. The model for the first row for each outcome includes births occurring at any point (April 2014– February 2015) with a term included for influenza activity (high/low). The model for the row “high influenza activity” only includes births occurring in months August 2014–February 2015 and the model for the row “low influenza period” only includes births occurring in the months April–July 2014. For these models, the term for influenza activity was not included in the model.

b

The proportion of infants born preterm by trimester of maternal vaccination: 42/441 (9.5%) first trimester, 83/976 (8.5%) second trimester, 11/402 (2.7%) third trimester (P < .001).

c

Mean and 95% Wald CI for vaccinated (3019 g, 2987–3051) and unvaccinated (3018 g, 2990–3051).

d

Mean and 95% Wald CI for vaccinated (3043 g, 3010–3076) and unvaccinated (3034 g, 3006–3062).

e

Mean and 95% Wald CI for vaccinated (2957 g, 2888–3027) and unvaccinated (2996 g, 2940–3051).