Immunisations | Total number of health symptoms | ||||
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n | Mean | (SD) | Adj ratio of means* | 95% CI | |
*Ratios of means are adjusted for service type, rank, age (<20, 20–24, 25–34, ⩾35 years), education, and marital status by negative binomial regression. | |||||
†Dose-response per unit increase in number of immunisations in those who had received at least one immunisation (p<0.001). | |||||
‡A cluster of immunisations was defined as >5 immunisations within one week or less. | |||||
None | 119 | 13.8 | (11.1) | 1.0 | – |
Any | 956 | 14.0 | (10.7) | 1.0 | 0.9 to 1.2 |
1–4 | 267 | 11.6 | (8.8) | 0.9 | 0.7 to 1.0 |
5–9 | 563 | 14.1 | (10.8) | 1.0 | 0.9 to 1.2 |
10 or more | 126 | 18.8 | (12.4) | 1.3 | 1.1 to 1.6 |
Dose response in those ⩾1† | – | – | – | 1.04 | 1.03 to 1.06 |
Don’t know | 342 | 16.9 | (12.0) | 1.2 | 1.0 to 1.4 |
Cluster of immunisations—none‡ | 962 | 14.1 | (10.8) | 1.0 | – |
Cluster of immunisations—any | 150 | 14.8 | (11.6) | 1.1 | 1.0 to 1.2 |