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Table 2 Representativeness of children in cohort

From: Population-based paediatric respiratory infection surveillance: a prospective inception feasibility cohort study

 

Invited, not enrolled (N = 9832)

(Percentage)

Enrolled (N = 485)

(Percentage)

Chi-squared p value

Age, years median (IQR)

6 (3–10)

 

4 (3–7)

 

< 0.001*

Female, N (%)

4824

(49.1)

245

(50.5)

0.53

IMD decile, N (%):

    

< 0.001

 1 (Most deprived)

2301

(23.4)

42

(8.7)

 

 2

889

(9.1)

44

(9.1)

 

 3

1316

(13.4)

43

(8.9)

 

 4

1151

(11.7)

59

(12.2)

 

 5

339

(3.5)

16

(3.3)

 

 6

352

(3.6)

46

(9.5)

 

 7

960

(9.8)

65

(13.4)

 

 8

1640

(16.7)

109

(22.5)

 

 9

395

(4)

25

(5.2)

 

 10 (Least deprived)

485

(4.9)

36

(7.4)

 
  1. Four children in not-enrolled group had missing data for age and IMD decile. Seven children in enrolled group were not in original mail-out invitation list
  2. *Wilcoxon rank-sum p value