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. 2017 Jun 23;9:15–17. doi: 10.1016/j.jcte.2017.06.002

Table 1.

Characteristics of patients included in the study.

All patients (N = 279) Influenza Vaccination YES(N = 112) Influenza Vaccination NO (N = 167) P value PPSV23 vaccination YES (N = 6) PPSV23 vaccination NO(N = 273) P value Hepatitis B vaccination YES (N = 5) Hepatitis B vaccination NO(N = 274) P value
Age (years) 67.3 ± 12.3 71.8 ± 9.9 64.4 ± 12.8 <0.001 74.3 ± 12.8 67.2 ± 12.3 0.157 70.20 ± 5.4 67.2 ± 12.4 0.596
 Age ≥ 65 years 179 (64) 85 (76) 94 (56) <0.001 5 (83) 174 (64) 0.610 4 (80) 175 (64) 0.822
 Age < 65 years 100 (36) 25 (22) 75 (45) 1 (17) 99 (36) 1 (20) 99 (36)



Sex (%) 0.543 0.573 0.492
 Male 152 (54) 64 (57) 88 (53) 4 (67) 148 (54) 4 (80) 148 (54)
 Female 127 (46) 48 (43) 79 (47) 2 (33) 125 (46) 1 (20) 126 (46)



Smoker (%) 0.341 0.473 0.286
 Yes 59 (21) 20 (18) 39 (23) 0 59 (22) 2 (40) 57 (21)
 No 220 (79) 92 (82) 128 (77) 6 (100) 214 (78) 3 (60) 217 (79)



Comorbidity (%)
 Stroke 33 (12) 12 (11) 11 (7) 0.314 1 (17) 32 (12) 1.000 0 33 (2) 1.000
 Coronary artery disease 69 (25) 31 (28) 38 (23) 0.169 2 (33) 67 (24) 0.921 1 (20) 68 (25) 1.000
 COPD 42 (15) 18 (16) 24 (14) 0.734 2 (33) 40 (15) 0.447 0 42 (15) 0.879
 Chronic kidney disease 34 (12) 14 (13) 20 (12) 1.000 1 (17) 33 (12) 1.000 1 (20) 34 (12) 1.000



Hospital admission in the past
12 months (%) 0.613 0.098 1.000
 Yes 43 (15) 19 (17) 24 (14) 3 (50) 40 (15) 1 (20) 42 (15)
 No 236 (84) 93 (83) 143 (86) 3 (50) 233 (85) 4 (80) 232 (85)



Treatment with insulin (%) 0.001 0.711 0.547
 Yes 57 (20) 20 (18) 37 (22) 2 (33) 55 (20) 2 (40) 55 (20)
 No 222 (80) 92 (82) 130 (78) 4 (67) 218 (80) 3 (60) 219 (80)



HbA1c (%) 7.0 ± 1.4 7.1 ± 1.5 6.8 ± 1.3 0.101 7.9 ± 2.5 6.9 ± 1.4 0.085 7.4 ± 1.9 7.0 ± 1.4 0.519
HbA1c (mmol/mol) 53 ± 7.0 54 ± 7.5 51 ± 6.5 63 ± 12.5 52 ± 7.0 57 ± 9.5 53 ± 7.0
HbA1c ≥ 7% (53.0 mmol/mol) 92 (48) 47 (42) 45 (27) 0.009 3 (50) 89 (33) 0.623 2 (40) 90 (33) 1.000
HbA1c < 7% (53.0 mmol/mol) 187 (52) 65 (58) 122 (73) 3 (50) 184 (67) 3 (60) 184 (67)

COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. PPSV23: 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine.

The results are expressed as mean ± SD or frequency (percentage).