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. 2019 Sep 30;221(4):566–577. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiz489

Table 3.

Risk Factor Associations for Severe Disease Among Prospectively Studied HAdV-Positive Patients Hospitalized in Singapore, 2015–2018

Total Severe Diseasea Unadjusted Adjustedb
Risk Factors n = 233 (%) n = 65 (%) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Gender
 Female 98 (42.1) 22 (33.8) Reference --
 Male 135 (57.9) 43 (66.2) 1.6 (0.9–2.9) --
Age Quartiles (Q)
 ≤2.5 years (Q1) 70 (30.2) 18 (27.7) Reference --
 3–4.5 years (Q2) 48 (20.7) 9 (13.8) 0.7 (0.3–1.6) --
 5–43.5 years (Q3) 56 (24.1) 13 (20.0) 0.9 (0.4–2.0) --
 ≥44 years (Q4) 58 (25.0) 25 (38.5) 2.2 (1.0–4.6) --
Immunocompromisedc
 Yes 22 (9.4) 17 (26.2) 11.5 (4.0–32.9) 11.4 (3.8–34.8)
 No 211 (90.6) 48 (73.8) Reference Reference
HAdV genotype
 C1 6 (2.6) 1 (1.5) 1.5 (0.2–15.2) 2.1 (0.2–21.4)
 C2 8 (3.4) 5 (7.7) 12.9 (2.5–65.9) 14.6 (2.7–80.4)
 B3 61 (26.2) 7 (10.8) Reference Reference
 B7 44 (18.9) 13 (20.0) 3.2 (1.2–9.0) 3.7 (1.2–10.9)
 E4 60 (25.8) 16 (24.6) 2.8 (1.1–7.4) 3.2 (1.1–8.9)
 Unknownd 47 (20.7) 21 (32.3) 6.2 (2.4–16.5) 5.7 (2.0–16.2)
 Othere 7 (3.0) 2 (3.1) 3.1 (0.5–19.0) 2.8 (0.4–20.4)

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HAdV, human adenovirus; OR, odds ratio.

aProlonged hospitalization, prolonged fever, or intensive care unit admission.

bAfter stepwise logistic regression using saturated model and backward elimination of covariates with P > .05.

cImmunocompromised within 6 months before clinical sample collection.

dGenotyping failed.

eHAdV-C5, -C6, -B11p, -B21, -B35, -D8, or -D53.