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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Med Virol. 2017 Sep 14;90(1):50–60. doi: 10.1002/jmv.24930

Table 2.

Factors Associated with URI and LRI in HM Patients with Influenza (n=190)

Number of patients
(%)
Entire cohort

Characteristic URI
(n=110)
LRI
(n=80)
Unadjusted OR
(95% CI)
P Adjusted OR
(95% CI)
P
Age 49 (1–80)a 50 (8–88)a 1.12 (0.97–1.29)b 0.119 1.20 (0.95–1.52)b 0.120
Sex 0.654 0.450
  Female 42 (38) 28 (35) 1.00 1.00
  Male 68 (62) 52 (65) 1.15 (0.63–2.09) 1.39 (0.59–3.27)
Influenza season 0.188 0.573
  H1N1 (April 2009–May 2010) 30 (27) 29 (36) 1.00 1.00
  Post-H1N1 (November 2010–February 2014) 80 (73) 51 (64) 0.66 (0.35–1.26) 0.76 (0.29–1.99)
Type of malignancy 0.545 0.016
  Lymphoma/myeloma 53 (48) 35 (44) 1.00 1.00
  Leukemia 57 (52) 45 (56) 1.20 (0.67–2.13) 3.09 (1.23–7.70)
Cancer status 0.090 0.305
  Remission 31 (28) 14 (18) 1.00 1.00
  Active/refractory 79 (72) 66 (82) 1.85 (0.91–3.77) 0.61 (0.24–1.56)
Corticosteroid use 0.002 0.043
  No 90 (82) 49 (61) 1.00 1.00
  Yes 20 (18) 31 (39) 2.85 (1.47–5.51) 2.71 (1.03–7.15)
BMI 0.135 0.159
  Normal/underweight 39 (35) 37 (46) 1.00 1.00
  Overweight/obese 71 (65) 43 (54) 0.64 (0.35–1.15) 0.53 (0.22–1.28)
Neutropenia 0.004 0.287
  No 96 (87) 56 (70) 1.00 1.00
  Yes 14 (13) 24 (30) 2.94 (1.41–6.14) 1.87 (0.59–5.89)
Lymphocytopenia 0.012 0.533
  No 95 (86) 57 (71) 1.00 1.00
  Yes 15 (14) 23 (29) 2.56 (1.23–5.29) 1.44 (0.46–4.53)
Decreased albumin level <0.001 0.003
  No 89 (81) 26 (33) 1.00 1.00
  Yes 21 (19) 54 (67) 8.80 (4.52–17.15) 3.78 (1.55–9.20)
Elevated creatinine level 0.793 0.742
  No 91 (83) 65 (81) 1.00 1.00
  Yes 19 (17) 15 (19) 1.11 (0.52–2.34) 1.20 (0.40–3.59)
Hypoxia at diagnosisc <0.001 <0.001
  No 100 (91) 39 (49) 1.00 1.00
  Yes 9 (9) 40 (50) 11.40 (5.06–25.68) 14.98 (3.30–67.90)
Antiviral therapy within 24 hours of onset of symptoms 0.588 0.591
  No 99 (90) 70 (88) 1.00 1.00
  Yes 11 (10) 10 (12) 1.29 (0.52–3.19) 1.46 (0.36–5.88)
Respiratory co-infection <0.001 0.006
  No 104 (95) 58 (73) 1.00 1.00
  Yes 6 (5) 22 (27) 6.57 (2.52–17.14) 5.87 (1.65–20.86)
Center <0.001 0.649
  1 91 (83) 44 (55) 1.00 1.00
  2 19 (17) 36 (45) 3.92 (2.02–7.59) 0.72 (0.17–3.01)
a

Median (range),

b

Age interval of 10 years,

c

data available for 188 patients only