Table 1. Patients characteristics in influenza vaccinated versus unvaccinated patients .
| Variable | Vaccinated N=200 |
Unvaccinated N=716 |
P-value |
| N (%) / Mean (SD) | |||
| Age | 41.4 (13.84) | 45.3 (16.44) | 0.001 |
| BMI | 26.7 (3.93) | 27.1 (4.28) | 0.174 |
| Sex | 0.092 | ||
| Male | 90 (45.0) | 275 (38.4) | |
| Female | 110 (55.0) | 441 (61.6) | |
| Healthcare worker | <0.001 | ||
| Yes | 179 (89.5) | 441 (61.6) | |
| General population | 21 (10.5) | 275 (38.4) | |
| Job | <0.001 | ||
| Unemployed/Housewife | 13 (6.5) | 149 (20.8) | |
| Retired | 6 (3.0) | 31 (4.3) | |
| Manual | 1 (0.5) | 62 (8.7) | |
| Clerical | 52 (26.0) | 82 (11.5) | |
| Technicians | 91 (45.5) | 334 (46.6) | |
| Professional | 37 (18.5) | 53 (7.4) | |
| Education | <0.001 | ||
| Illiterate | 5 (2.5) | 72 (10.1) | |
| Primary | 15 (7.5) | 97 (13.5) | |
| Secondary | 38 (19.0) | 129 (18.0) | |
| Tertiary | 90 (45.0) | 304 (42.5) | |
| Master’s & higher | 52 (26.0) | 114 (15.9) | |
| Hypertension | 23 (11.5) | 161 (22.5) | <0.001 |
| Diabetes | 20 (10.0) | 117 (16.3) | 0.026 |
| Smoking | 15 (7.5) | 63 (8.8) | 0.561 |
| Heart disease | 11 (5.5) | 43 (6.0) | 0.788 |
| Renal disease | 1 (0.5) | 7 (1.0) | 0.521 |
| Asthma | 10 (5.0) | 51 (7.1) | 0.287 |
| Cancer history | 3 (1.5) | 6 (0.8) | 0.401 |
| Organ graft history | 0 (0) | 3 (0.4) | 0.359 |
P-values were based on Chi-square test, except for age and BMI that were based on T-test.