Research Article

Risk Factors for Mortality among 2009 A/H1N1 Influenza Hospitalizations in Maricopa County, Arizona, April 2009 to March 2010

Table 4

Frequency of risk factors for A/H1N1 inpatients, Maricopa County, April 1, 2009 to March 31, 2010.

Risk factorsA/H1N1 inpatientsA/H1N1 fatalA/H1N1 hospitalization versus
A/H1N1 death odds ratio (95% CI)a

Asthma127/449 (28.3)16/64 (25.0)0.73 (0.32, 1.7)
Chronic lung disease101/447 (22.6)36/65 (55.4)3.3 (1.5, 7.5)
Cardiac disease80/419 (19.1)23/65 (35.4)1.33 (0.54, 3.3)
Metabolic disease71/450 (15.8)21/65 (32.3)3.35 (0.55, 20.5)
Diabetes61/451 (13.5)19/65 (29.2)0.3 (0.04, 2.11)
Kidney disease34/453 (7.5)11/64 (17.2)0.96 (0.31, 3.01)
Cancer last 12 months16/455 (3.5)13/65 (20.0)3.8 (1.01, 14.3)
Immune suppression93/458 (20.3)35/65 (53.8)4.6 (2.0, 10.6)
Neurological disease80/455 (17.6)20/65 (30.8)1.7 (0.72, 4.1)

aRisk of death among A/H1N1 inpatients adjusted by age, gender, ethnicity/race, pandemic wave, and antiviral treatment.