Adjusted associations between influenza vaccination status and outcomes during influenza season
| Age group | Diabetes | ILI | PI hospitalisations | ALL hospitalisations | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRR* | CI | p Value | IRR | CI | p Value | IRR | CI | p Value | ||
| Working age | DM | 0.99 | (0.97 to 1.01) | 0.402 | 0.57 | (0.46 to 0.72) | 0.000 | 0.72 | (0.68 to 0.76) | 0.000 |
| Elderly | DM | 0.87 | (0.84 to 0.90) | 0.000 | 0.55 | (0.47 to 0.66) | 0.000 | 0.67 | (0.64 to 0.70) | 0.000 |
| No DM | 0.88 | (0.85 to 0.90) | 0.000 | 0.45 | (0.37 to 0.55) | 0.000 | 0.66 | (0.63 to 0.69) | 0.000 | |
*IRR=incidence rate ratio (vaccinated vs not vaccinated), adjusted for sex, age (20-year age bands), income (upper vs lower), pneumococcal vaccination receipt, number of medical visits in the previous year, number of minor ADGs in the previous 2 years, number of major ADGs in the previous 2 years, month and year. p=0.000 refers to p<0.001.
ALL, All-cause hospitalisations; DM, Diabetes mellitus; ILI, Influenza-like illness; PI, Pneumonia and influenza hospitalizations.