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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 5.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2020 Aug 25;173(8):605–613. doi: 10.7326/M20-1509

Table 2.

Factors Associated With Acute Ischemic Heart Disease and Acute Heart Failure in Adults Hospitalized With Influenza (n = 61 856)*

Factor Acute Heart Failure
Acute Ischemic Heart Disease
Unadjusted
Risk Ratio
(95% CI)
Adjusted
Prevalence
(95% CI)
Adjusted
Risk Ratio
(95% CI)
Unadjusted
Risk Ratio
(95% CI)
Adjusted
Prevalence
(95% CI)
Adjusted
Risk Ratio
(95% CI)
Age group
 18–49 y Reference 3.90 (3.39–4.39) Reference Reference 2.07 (1.74–2.39) Reference
 50–64 y 2.6 (2.28–2.97) 5.46 (5.04–5.88) 1.40 (1.22–1.61) 2.94(2.54–3.41) 4.12 (3.83–4.59) 2.04 (1.72–2.43)
 65–74 y 3.51 (3.06–4.01) 6.17 (5.68–6.66) 1.58 (1.36–1.84) 4.45 (3.84–5.16) 6.04 (5.52–6.56) 2.93 (2.44–3.51)
 75–84 y 4.63 (4.07–5.28) 7.31 (6.79–7.82) 1.88 (1.62–2.18) 5.55 (4.80–6.41) 7.07 (6.52–7.63) 3.43 (2.85–4.12)
 ≥85 y 5.95 (5.25–6.73) 9.04 (8.47–9.62) 2.32 (2.00–2.70) 6.84 (5.95–7.86) 9.02 (8.36–9.68) 4.37 (3.64–5.25)
Sex
 Male Reference 6.81 (6.48–7.14) Reference Reference 6.43 (6.09–6.76) Reference
 Female 0.89 (0.84–0.95) 6.74 (6.43–7.05) 0.99 (0.93–1.06) 0.77 (0.73–0.82) 5.56 (5.27–5.86) 0.87 (0.80–0.93)
Race/ethnicity
 White, non-Hispanic Reference 6.84 (6.56–7.12) Reference Reference 5.83 (5.56–6.09) Reference
 Black, non-Hispanic 0.76 (0.70–0.83) 6.41 (5.87–6.95) 0.94 (0.85–1.03) 0.77 (0.70–0.84) 6.02 (5.4–6.60) 1.03 (0.93–1.15)
 Hispanic 0.65 (0.57–0.76) 7.15 (6.10–8.20) 1.05 (0.90–1.22) 0.75 (0.65–0.87) 6.53 (5.42–7.64) 1.12 (0.94–1.34)
 Other 0.82 (0.74–0.90) 6.74 (6.03–7.45) 0.99 (0.88–1.10) 1.06 (0.96–1.16) 6.46 (5.77–7.15) 1.11 (0.99–1.25)
BMI
 Underweight(<18.5 kg/m2) 0.77 (0.64–0.93) 5.64 (4.61–6.66) 0.84 (0.70–1.02) 0.97 (0.82–1.13) 6.80 (5.71–7.90) 1.05 (0.89–1.25)
 Normal (18.5–24.9 kg/m2) Reference 6.68 (6.26–7.10) Reference Reference 6.47 (6.05–6.88) Reference
 Overweight (25.0–29.9 kg/m2) 1.01 (0.92–1.09) 6.27 (5.87–6.67) 0.94 (0.86–1.02) 0.94 (0.86–1.02) 5.88 (5.47–6.28) 0.91 (0.83–1.00)
 Obesity (30.0–39.9 kg/m2) 1.08 (1.00–1.18) 7.07 (6.65–7.50) 1.06 (0.97–1.15) 0.78 (0.71–0.85) 5.46 (5.06–5.86) 0.84 (0.77–0.93)
 Extreme obesity (≥40.0 kg/m2) 1.3 (1.18–1.45) 7.94 (7.19–8.68) 1.19 (1.06–1.33) 0.68 (0.60–0.78) 5.74 (4.95–6.52) 0.89 (0.76–1.03)
Tobacco use
 None Reference 6.57 (6.24–6.90) Reference Reference 5.62 (5.31–5.94) Reference
 Current 0.86 (0.79–0.94) 7.70 (7.11–8.30) 1.17 (1.07–1.28) 0.98 (0.90–1.08) 7.47 (6.81–8.13) 1.33 (1.20–1.48)
 Previous 1.41 (1.31–1.51) 6.66 (6.30–7.03) 1.01 (0.94–1.09) 1.37 (1.28–1.48) 5.82 (5.46–6.18) 1.03 (0.95–1.13)
Medical history
 Atrial fibrillation 3.49 (3.28–3.71) 8.56 (8.02–9.10) 1.40 (1.30–1.52) 1.95 (1.80–2.11) 6.32 (5.76–6.88) 1.08 (0.97–1.19)
 Chronic heart failure or cardiomyopathy 11.27 (10.55–12.04) 20.33 (19.39–21.26) 8.33 (7.60–9.12) 3.05 (2.86–3.25) 10.05 (9.36–10.74) 2.11 (1.93–2.31)
 Coronary artery disease 2.78 (2.62–2.95) 7.53 (7.11–7.96) 1.18 (1.10–1.27) 2.81 (2.64–3.00) 8.63 (8.08–9.18) 1.75 (1.61–1.91)
 Diabetes mellitus 1.67 (1.58–1.78) 7.11 (6.73–7.49) 1.09 (1.01–1.17) 1.42 (1.33–1.52) 6.51 (6.11–6.90) 1.15 (1.06–1.24)
 Chronic renal disease 2.53 (2.38–2.69) 7.73 (7.30–8.16) 1.22 (1.14–1.32) 1.93 (1.80–2.07) 7.00 (6.51–7.49) 1.25 (1.15–1.36)
Influenza vaccination status
 Vaccinated 0.74 (0.69–0.79) 6.39 (6.11–6.67) 0.86 (0.80–0.92) 0.81 (0.75–0.87) 5.48 (5.21–5.75) 0.80 (0.74–0.87)
 Not vaccinated Reference 7.44 (7.05–7.83) Reference Reference 6.82 (6.43–7.21) Reference
Antiviral therapy
 No treatment 1.02 (0.93–1.11) 7.11 (6.50–7.72) 1.10 (1.00–1.20) 0.86 (0.78–0.96) 5.79 (5.14–6.43) 0.99 (0.88–1.11)
 Early treatment Reference 6.47 (6.22–6.72) Reference Reference 5.86 (5.62–6.10) Reference
 Late treatment 1.64 (1.49–1.79) 9.25 (8.39–10.10) 1.43 (1.29–1.58)  1.3 (1.18–1.44) 7.56 (6.61–8.32) 1.27 (1.13–1.44)
Influenza type or subtype
 B Reference 6.67 (6.15–7.18) Reference Reference 5.59 (5.09–6.10) Reference
 A(H1N1)pdm09 0.77 (0.69–0.86) 7.22 (6.27–8.17) 1.08 (0.93–1.26) 0.73 (0.65–0.83) 6.38 (5.34–7.42) 1.14 (0.95–1.37)
 A(H3N2) 1.09 (1.00–1.18) 6.71 (6.39–7.03) 1.01 (0.92–1.10) 1.16 (1.06–1.27) 6.00 (5.69–6.32) 1.07 (0.96–1.20)

BMI = body mass index.

*

Patients were excluded if they were missing BMI, were missing influenza vaccination information, had been treated with influenza antiviral medication >2 d before hospital admission, had an infection that could not be distinguished between influenza type A and B, or were co-infected with A(H1N1)pdm09 and A(H3N2). To adjust for possible confounding by site, we included site as a variable in the model for both acute heart failure and acute ischemic heart disease. The final models for both of these conditions were adjusted for season, surveillance site, age group, sex, race/ethnicity, BMI, tobacco use history, medical history of atrial fibrillation, chronic congestive heart failure or cardiomyopathy, coronary artery disease, diabetes mellitus, chronic renal disease, influenza vaccination status, antiviral therapy, and influenza type or subtype. Regression models were run on each of the 70 imputed data sets and combined using SAS Callable-SUDAAN.

For each medical condition, no history of the condition was used as the reference group.

Antiviral treatment timing was determined relative to the patient's admission date and not the acute cardiovascular event or initial symptom onset.