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. 2019 May 6;220(6):956–960. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiz212

Table 1.

Clinical and Sociodemographic Characteristics of a Birth Cohort of Infants (06 Months) with Confirmed Influenza Respiratory Infection, Categorized by Maternal Influenza Vaccine Trial Arm and Pneumococcal Carriage

Characteristic Maternal Vaccine Study Arm, n (%) Pneumococcal Carriage, n (%)
Placebo (n = 102) Vaccine (n = 70) P Value S. pneumoniae + (n = 113) S. pneumoniae − (n = 59) P Value
Male sex 52 (51) 41 (59) .33 60 (53) 33 (56) .72
Jun-Sep birth 40 (39) 34 (49) .24 39 (35)a 35 (60)a .002a
.50
Preterm birth <37 weeks 8 (7.8) 12 (17) .07 11 (9.7) 9 (15) .29
Birth weight <2500 g 21 (24) 18 (28) .41 22 (22) 17 (32) .18
Small for gestational age 34 (38) 28 (43) .34 43 (43) 19 (36) .39
Indoor cookstove 84 (83) 60 (90) .25 98 (87) 46 (78) .19
Maternal influenza vaccine intervention NA NA NA 40 (35)b 30 (51)b .05a
.03b
Age at infection, mean days (95% CI) 96 (87–106) 98 (86–110) .86 112 (104–120)b 68 (55–81)b <.001a
<.001b

Missing values in the maternal vaccine study arm were: small for gestational age/low birthweight, 13 (placebo), 6 (vaccine); and indoor cookstove, 1 (placebo), 3 (vaccine).

Missing values in pneumococcal carriage were: small for gestational age/low birthweight, 13 (S. pneumoniae +), 6 (S. pneumoniae −).

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; NA, not applicable; S. pneumoniae, Streptococcus pneumoniae.

aSignificant only on univariate analysis.

bSignificant on univariate and multivariate analysis.