Table 3.
a) Associations of obesity with RTIs and b) with long lasting RTIs
| a) | |||||||
| Prevalence (%) | (Obese vs non-obese) | (Obese vs non-obese) | |||||
| Outcome indicators | BMI < 25 (N = 816) | Overweight (N = 452) | Obese (N = 187) | Crude OR | 95% CI | Adjusteda OR | 95% CI |
| Monthly level: | |||||||
| Any RTI | 33.2 | 39.0 | 43.5 | 1.48 | (1.18; 1.85) | 1.49 | (1.18; 1.87) |
| Any URTI | 28.9 | 33.6 | 38.4 | 1.48 | (1.17; 1.87) | 1.55 | (1.22; 1.96) |
| Any LRTI | 6.0 | 9.8 | 12.1 | 2.54 | (1.69; 3.80) | 2.02 | (1.36; 3.00) |
| Sinusitis | 5.7 | 7.9 | 10.6 | 1.99 | (1.29; 3.08) | 2.12 | (1.36; 3.31) |
| Rhinitis | 24.2 | 28.4 | 32.8 | 1.43 | (1.13; 1.80) | 1.53 | (1.21; 1.94) |
| Otitis media | 0.68 | 1.18 | 1.49 | 2.22 | (0.90; 5.47) | 2.31 | (0.95; 5.63) |
| Pharyngitis/Laryngitis | 9.3 | 11.3 | 13.5 | 1.69 | (1.23; 2.33) | 1.70 | (1.23; 2.36) |
| Tonsillitis | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 1.36 | (0.67; 2.79) | 1.56 | (0.77; 3.16) |
| Influenza-like illness | 9.8 | 12.7 | 15.2 | 1.58 | (1.23; 2.03) | 1.58 | (1.23; 2.03) |
| Bronchitis | 5.9 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 2.38 | (1.58; 3.59) | 1.89 | (1.26; 2.83) |
| Pneumonia | 0.19 | 0.13 | 0.45 | 6.06 | (1.35;27.21) | 6.01 | (1.30;27.90) |
| Other acute resp. infections | 2.1 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 0.80 | (0.41; 1.57) | 0.73 | (0.37; 1.43) |
| ≥ 3 RTIs | 6.8 | 10.2 | 12.8 | 2.15 | (1.52; 3.03) | 2.12 | (1.50; 3.00) |
| Long RTIs | 9.9 | 15.4 | 20.4 | 2.41 | (1.72; 3.39) | 2.14 | (1.52; 3.02) |
| Upper 10% in diaryscore | 7.5 | 12.2 | 15.7 | 2.21 | (1.57; 3.12) | 2.09 | (1.48; 2.96) |
| Seasonal level: | |||||||
| ≥ 4 months RTIs | 15.5 | 22.4 | 28.4 | 2.69 | (1.62; 4.45) | 2.54 | (1.53; 4.21) |
| ≥ 3 long RTIs | 6.7 | 11.0 | 17.4 | 3.13 | (2.01; 4.88) | 2.81 | (1.79; 4.40) |
| Upper 10% in diary score | 6.3 | 13.4 | 19.2 | 4.85 | (2.53; 9.32) | 3.95 | (2.08; 7.51) |
| Individual level: | |||||||
| Upper 10% in diary score | 6.0 | 13.7 | 18.2 | 2.32 | (1.52; 3.52) | 1.97 | (1.28; 3.04) |
| b) | |||||||
| Frequencyb (%) | (Obese vs non-obese) | (Obese vs non-obese) | |||||
| Outcome indicators | BMI < 25 (N = 816) | Overweight (N = 452) | Obese (N = 187) | Crude OR | 95% CI | Adjusteda OR | 95% CI |
| Any long RTIs | 29.9 | 39.1 | 46.6 | 2.24 | (1.64; 3.05) | 1.93 | (1.42; 2.63) |
| Sinusitis | 35.9 | 44.3 | 41.8 | 1.77 | (0.94; 3.31) | 1.51 | (0.80; 2.86) |
| Rhinitis | 22.1 | 28.1 | 35.6 | 1.84 | (1.29; 2.62) | 1.71 | (1.20; 2.44) |
| Otitis media | 31.1 | 34.1 | 36.9 | 4.12 | (0.38;45.18) | 2.87 | (0.26;31.54) |
| Pharyngitis/Laryngitis | 21.9 | 31.8 | 37.4 | 2.42 | (1.48; 3.97) | 2.15 | (1.32; 3.51) |
| Tonsillitis | 16.2 | 14.7 | 22.5 | 3.21 | (0.64;16.15) | 2.98 | (0.59;15.05) |
| Influenza-like illness | 21.6 | 28.2 | 34.4 | 2.13 | (1.34; 3.38) | 1.86 | (1.18; 2.94) |
| Bronchitis | 44.0 | 47.5 | 59.8 | 2.08 | (1.33; 3.24) | 2.06 | (1.32; 3.23) |
| Pneumonia | 52.4 | 57.1 | 72.7 | 4.18 | (0.25;81.73) | 3.40 | (0.17;68.52) |
| Other acute resp. infections | 44.6 | 47.6 | 53.3 | 2.42 | (0.58;10.14) | 2.09 | (0.51; 8.56) |
aadjusted by age (continuous) and educational status (three categories)
bfor all months in which a respective infection was reported