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Volume 24, Number 3—March 2018
Research

Influenza Vaccination and Incident Tuberculosis among Elderly Persons, Taiwan1

Yung-Feng Yen2, Sheng-Wei Pan, Vincent Yi-Fong Su2, Pei-Hung Chuang, Jia-Yih Feng3Comments to Author , and Wei-Juin Su3Comments to Author 
Author affiliations: National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan (Y.-F. Yen, S.-W. Pan, V.Y.-F. Su, J.-Y. Feng, W.-J. Su); Taipei City Hospital, Taipei (Y.-F. Yen, V.Y.-F. Su); Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei (S.-W. Pan, P.-H. Chuang, J.-Y. Feng, W.-J. Su)

Main Article

Table 1

Characteristics of elderly persons with and without influenza vaccination, Taiwan, 2005–2012*

Characteristic With vaccination, n = 64,290 Without vaccination, n = 35,692 p value
Age, y, mean ± SD 73.2 ± 6.3 74.6 ± 8.2 <0.001
65–69 23,339 (36.3) 12,321 (34.5) <0.001
70–74 17,848 (27.8) 7,842 (22.0)
>75
 23,103 (35.9)
 15,529 (43.5)
Sex
F 32,426 (50.4) 18,042 (50.6) 0.734
M
 31,864 (49.6)
 17,650 (49.4)
Income level
Low 44,867 (69.8) 25,250 (70.7) <0.001
Intermediate 11,353 (17.7) 5,692 (16.0)
High
 8,070 (12.5)
 4,750 (13.3)
Urbanization
Urban 14,767 (23.0) 10,245 (28.7) <0.001
Suburban 38,331 (59.6) 20,817 (58.3)
Rural
 11,192 (17.4)
 4,630 (13.0)
Concurrent conditions
Diabetes 14,085 (21.9) 6,944 (19.5) <0.001
CHF 3,200 (5.0) 2,257 (6.3) <0.001
COPD 12,310 (19.2) 5,881 (16.5) <0.001
Asthma 6,491 (10.1) 2,948 (8.3) <0.001
CVD 10,824 (16.8) 5,938 (16.6) 0.419
HTN 36,444 (56.7) 16,998 (47.6) <0.001
CKD 4,790 (7.5) 2,937 (8.2) <0.001
Cancer
 4,142 (6.4)
 2,731 (7.7)
 <0.001
Outcomes
New-onset TB 741 (1.15) 400 (1.12) 0.649
Follow-up years, mean (SD) 7.9 (2.0) 6.4 (3.3) <0.001
Total follow-up duration, person-years 510,458.1 227,910.5 <0.001

*Values are no. (%) persons unless otherwise indicated. CHF, congestive heart failure; CKD, chronic kidney disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CVD, cerebrovascular disease; HTN, hypertension; TB, tuberculosis.

Main Article

1The abstract of this study was presented at the 47th Union World Conference on Lung Health in Liverpool, United Kingdom, on October 27, 2016.

2These authors contributed equally to this article.

3These authors contributed equally to this article.

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