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. 2005 Jul 25;100(3):512–518. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2005.06.001

Table 3.

The relative risk of viral infection of children and COPD admission.

Predictor Poisson regression coefficient
Relative risk (95% confidence interval)
Same week 1 weeks time 2 weeks time
Virus total 1.09 (0.95, 1.26) 1.11 (0.96, 1.28) 1.11 (0.96, 1.28)
Respiratory syncytial virus 1.17 (1.05, 1.31)** 1.15 (1.02, 1.29)* 1.18 (1.05, 1.33)**
Influenza A 1.25 (1.11, 1.40)*** 1.14 (1.01, 1.29)* 1.18 (1.05, 1.33)**
Influenza B 1.27 (1.03, 1.57)* 1.20 (0.97, 1.49) 1.20 (0.97, 1.49)
Adenovirus 1.20 (1.05, 1.36)** 1.02 (0.89, 1.17) 1.07(0.94, 1.22)
Parainfluenza 1 1.01 (0.86, 1.18) 1.05 (0.90, 1.23) 1.05 (0.90, 1.23)
Parainfluenza 2 0.93 (0.65, 1.35) 0.96 (0.67, 1.38) 0.80 (0.54, 1.19)
Parainfluenza 3 0.93 (0.81, 1.06) 0.90 (0.79, 1.02) 0.94 (0.84, 1.08)

*P<0.05; **P<0.01; ***P<0.001.

This table illustrates Poisson regression coefficients for relative risk of COPD admission per week (as well as the following 2 weeks) with respect to the detection of the named respiratory viruses.