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. 2017 Jun 16;5(6):212–221. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v5.i6.212

Table 4.

Significant predictors associated with vaccines uptake

Predictors Adjusted OR 95%CI P value
Influenza vaccine
Smoking (< 10 sig) 1.95 1.35-2.83 < 0.01
Smoking (11-20 sig) 2.23 1.63-3.05 < 0.01
Smoking (> 20 sig) 1.75 1.04-2.96 0.04
Other respiratory disease 0.15 0.04-0.61 < 0.01
Cancer 3.05 1.29-7.21 0.01
Immune disease 5.08 1.98-13.03 < 0.01
Pneumococcal vaccine
Male 1.90 1.23-2.93 < 0.01
Bachelor degree 0.64 0.45-0.90 0.01
Postgraduate 2.11 1.14-3.90 0.02
Smoking (> 30 sig) 4.60 2.64-7.99 < 0.01
KSA 0.31 0.15-0.66 < 0.01
Qatar 16.77 7.11-39.54 < 0.01
Kuwait 20.4 9.34-44.52 < 0.01
Meningococcal vaccine
Postgraduate degree 2.24 1.38-3.62 < 0.01
Diabetes 2.67 1.80-3.95 < 0.01
Asthma 1.78 1.17-2.70 < 0.01
Cardiovascular disease 3.43 1.30-9.01 < 0.01
Age (16-36) 0.45 0.29-0.70 < 0.01
Age (37-55) 0.26 0.14-0.47 < 0.01
KSA 3.15 1.96-5.08 < 0.01
UAE 8.01 4.68-13.71 < 0.01
Bahrain 12.09 6.52-22.43 < 0.01
Pertussis vaccine
Having chronic disease 4.81 3.49-6.62 < 0.01
Male 4.82 2.82-8.24 < 0.01
Smoking (11-20 sig) 1.89 1.30-2.75 < 0.01
Smoking (> 30 sig) 4.50 2.64-7.69 < 0.01
KSA 0.01 0.01-0.02 < 0.01
Qatar 0.05 0.02-0.12 < 0.01
UAE 0.02 0.01-0.05 < 0.01
Bahrain 0.03 0.01-0.07 < 0.01
Kuwait 0.08 0.04-0.16 < 0.01

KSA: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; UAE: United Arab Emirate.