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Table 2 Incidence rates of new-onset LRTI after index hospitalization by reason for hospitalizationa

From: Risk of subsequent lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) after hospitalization for COVID-19 LRTI and non-COVID-19 LRTI: a retrospective cohort study

 

N

Events

Person-Years

Incidence per 1000 person-years (95% CI)

365-day Cumulative Incidence (95% CI)b

Full Cohort

 Non-LRTI

176,788

8878

169,245.910

52.5 (51.4,53.6)

6.4% (6.2%, 6.5%)

 COVID-19 LRTI

22,417

1348

24,345.871

55.4 (52.5,58.4)

7.0% (6.6%, 7.4%)

 Non-COVID-19 LRTI

12,795

2516

9926.175

253.5 (243.7,263.6)

24% (23%, 24%)

Age ≥ 65 years

 Non-LRTI

84,398

6078

79,600.660

76.4 (74.4,78.3)

8.9% (8.6%, 9.1%)

 COVID-19 LRTI

8765

761

9110.926

83.5 (77.7,89.7)

10% (9.5%, 11%)

 Non-COVID-19 LRTI

8738

1802

6487.975

277.7 (265.1,290.9)

25% (24%, 26%)

Age < 65 years

 Non-LRTI

92,390

2800

89,645.25

31.2 (30.1,32.4)

3.9% (3.8%, 4.1%)

 COVID-19 LRTI

13,652

587

15,234.95

38.5 (35.5,41.8)

5.0% (4.6%, 5.4%)

 Non-COVID-19 LRTI

4057

714

3438.20

207.7 (192.7,223.5)

21% (19%, 22%)

ICU during index hospitalization

 Non-LRTI

14,028

814

13,828.277

58.9 (54.9,63.1)

7.2% (6.7%, 7.7%)

 COVID-19 LRTI

2314

144

2445.827

58.9 (49.7,69.3)

7.4% (6.3%, 8.6%)

 Non-COVID-19 LRTI

1319

253

1112.603

227.4 (200.2,257.2)

23% (20%, 26%)

No ICU during index hospitalization

 Non-LRTI

162,760

8064

155,417.633

51.9 (50.8,53)

6.3% (6.1%, 6.4%)

 COVID-19 LRTI

20,103

1204

21,900.044

55 (51.9,58.2)

6.9% (6.6%, 7.3%)

 Non-COVID-19 LRTI

11,476

2263

8813.573

256.8 (246.3,267.6)

24% (23%, 25%)

ACIP high risk

 Non-LRTI

34,308

3419

30,568.468

111.8 (108.1,115.7)

12% (12%, 13%)

 COVID-19 LRTI

3618

407

3549.384

114.7 (103.8,126.4)

14% (12%, 15%)

 Non-COVID-19 LRTI

4085

949

2954.408

321.2 (301.1,342.3)

28% (26%, 29%)

ACIP medium risk

 Non-LRTI

65,056

3699

62,371.378

59.3 (57.4,61.2)

7.2% (7.0%, 7.4%)

 COVID-19 LRTI

8242

536

9093.688

58.9 (54.1,64.1)

7.5% (6.9%, 8.2%)

 Non-COVID-19 LRTI

5325

1093

4147.288

263.5 (248.2,279.6)

25% (24%, 26%)

ACIP low risk

 Non-LRTI

77,424

1760

76,306.063

23.1 (22,24.2)

2.9% (2.8%, 3.1%)

 COVID-19 LRTI

10,557

405

11,702.800

34.6 (31.3,38.1)

4.4% (4.0%, 4.8%)

 Non-COVID-19 LRTI

3385

474

2824.479

167.8 (153,183.6)

16% (15%, 18%)

  1. Abbreviations: ACIP Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019, ICU Intensive care unit, LRTI Lower respiratory tract infection
  2. aIndex hospitalizations include individuals hospitalized for reasons other than LRTI (“non-LRTI”), those hospitalized for COVID-19 LRTI (“COVID-19 LRTI”), and those hospitalized for LRTI without COVID-19 (“non-COVID-19 LRTI”)
  3. b365-day cumulative incidence of new-onset LRTI by hospitalized group estimated using nonparametric Aalen–Johansen estimator to account for mortality as a competing risk. Cumulative incidence estimates are estimated in terms of percentage of the study population, rather than person-years, and additionally account for mortality as a competing risk, so they are not directly comparable with other incidence estimates in this table