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. 2017 Aug 9;65(9):1532–1541. doi: 10.1093/cid/cix565

Table 1.

Characteristics of Study Population and Sites, Peru Influenza Cohort Study, 2009–2015a

Characteristic Study Site
Lima Cuzco Tumbes Puerto Maldonado Total
No. of Participantsb 3296 3565 2685 4504 14050
Sex, female 1699 (52) 1830 (51) 1379 (51) 2395 (53) 7303 (52)
Age group, y
 <2 300 (9) 351 (10) 290 (11) 418 (9) 1359 (10)
 2–4 220 (7) 232 (6) 170 (6) 376 (8) 998 (7)
 5–11 401 (12) 447 (13) 327 (12) 713 (16) 1888 (13)
 12–17 424 (13) 466 (13) 290 (11) 577 (13) 1757 (13)
 18–49 1573 (48) 1637 (46) 1179 (44) 1930 (43) 6319 (45)
 50–64 302 (9) 289 (8) 248 (10) 362 (8) 1201 (9)
 ≥65 76 (2) 143 (4) 181 (7) 128 (3) 528 (4)
Age range, y 0–115 0–106 0–98 0–92
Geographic characteristic
 Description of ecosystem Coast desert Andes mountain highlands Dry tropical forest Amazon rainforest
 Study site Pampas de San Juan de Miraflores San Jeronimo San Jacinto Tambopata
 Population 57238 31687 7979 60214
 Latitude 76°58′12.15″ 71°53′00″ 80º27′04″ 77º32′
 Longitude 12°9′5.2″ 13°32′24″ 03°38′35″
12°36′
 Altitude, m 141 3244 36 139
 Average rainfall/y, mm 15 800 250 >1000
 Average temperature, C° (min–max) 19 (17–23) 13 (7–19) 25 (17–36) 28 (20–34)
 Average relative humidity, % (min–max) 82 (63–94) 55 (31–82) 80 (52–92) 78 (55–99)

Data are presented as No. (%) unless otherwise indicated.

aJune 2009 through July 2015 for Lima, Cuzco, and Puerto Maldonado and June 2009 through July 2014 for Tumbes.

bStudy population at enrollment.