Ting Shi, Tristan Millington, Chris Robertson, Karen Jeffrey, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Colin McCowan, Colin R Simpson, Lana Woolford, Luke Daines, Steven Kerr, Ben Swallow, Adeniyi Fagbamigbe, Catalina A Vallejos, David Weatherill, Sandra Jayacodi, Kimberly Marsh, Jim McMenamin, Igor Rudan, Lewis Duthie Ritchie, Tanja Mueller, Amanj Kurdi, Aziz Sheikh
OBJECTIVES: We undertook a national analysis to characterise and identify risk factors for acute respiratory infections (ARIs) resulting in hospitalisation during the winter period in Scotland. DESIGN: A population-based retrospective cohort analysis. SETTING: Scotland. PARTICIPANTS: The study involved 5.4 million residents in Scotland. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the association between risk factors and ARI hospitalisation...
February 12, 2024: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine