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. 2023 May 2;13(2):266–278. doi: 10.1007/s44197-023-00102-7

Table 3.

Adjusted seroprevalence estimates according to site, sociodemographic and clinical variables, Blood Donors Services, Cameroon, 2021

Survey 1 Survey 2 Survey 3
Positive tests Age–sex-standardized seroprevalence (95% CI) Adjusted seroprevalence (95% CrI) p value Positive tests Age–sex-standardized seroprevalence (95% CI) Adjusted seroprevalence (95% CrI) p value Positive tests Age–sex-standardized seroprevalence (95% CI) Adjusted seroprevalence (95% CI) p value
Overall 475/742 64.0% (60.3–69.7) 66.3% (61.1–71.3) 1004/1201 84.7% (82.2–87.3) 87.2% (84.0–90.0) 1425/1500 95.3% (94.0–96.7) 98.4% (96.8–99.7)
Study site 0.001  < 0.001 0.6
 CHY 251/404 59.5% (52.8–65.9) 60.6% (53.6–67.5) 417/519 81.2% (76.3–85.3) 83.5% (78.8–87.9) 648/725 95.4% (93.5–96.7) 98.2% (96.0–99.8)
 JHY 97/167 62.2% (51.9–71.5) 62.7% (51.4–73.4) 280/341 82.9% (77.7–87.1) 84.7% (77.9–90.7) 343/364 93.9% (90.1–96.3) 96.9% (92.6–99.7)
 HLD 127/171 78.9% (71.1–85.1) 81.0% (72.4–88.7) 307/341 92.4% (88.9–94.9) 94.8% (90.2–98.5) 398/411 96.2% (91.6–98.3) 98.5% (95.8–99.9)
Gender 0.7 0.3 0.2
 Male 428/671 64.1% (60.0–68.1) 65.4% (59.3–71.3) 907/1088 83.5% (80.9–85.9) 86.0% (82.3–89.5) 1280/1351 94.5% (92.9–95.8) 97.6% (95.5–99.4)
 Female 47/71 66.8% (53.6–77.8) 68.6% (59.9–77.0) 97/113 87.5% (79.4–92.7) 90.0% (84.7–94.6) 145/149 97.3% (92.1–99.1) 99.0% (96.9–100.0)
Grouped age 0.6 0.3 0.6
 18–34 361/568 63.9% (59.0–68.5) 64.9% (58.1–71.5) 773/929 83.3% (80.2–86.0) 85.6% (81.3–89.5) 1126/1183 95.7% (94.1–96.8) 98.4% (96.3–99.9)
 35–55 114/174 66.2% (57.2–74.2) 67.2% (60.0–74.2) 231/272 86.5% (81.2–90.4) 89.1% (84.8–93.0) 299/317 94.9% (91.6–96.9) 97.6% (95.0–99.7)
Marital status 0.9 0.4 0.2
 Single 398/624 65.3% (60.2–70.0) 66.6% (60.9–72.1) 838/1003 84.1% (80.7–86.9) 86.5% (83.0–89.9) 1208/1269 95.9% (94.5–96.9) 98.8% (97.1–99.9)
 Married/Cohabiting 77/118 64.1% (51.8–74.8) 65.2% (55.1–74.8) 166/198 86.7% (81.0–90.8) 88.7% (82.8–93.7) 217/231 93.7% (88.6–96.7) 96.4% (92.4–99.4)
Occupation 0.006 0.14 0.6
 Student 152/245 61.1% (52.2–69.4) 62.4% (53.7–70.9) 300/366 85.0% (80.6–88.6) 87.6% (82.1–92.5) 504/532 94.2% (91.1–96.3) 97.9% (94.6–99.9)
 Technician/agent 136/225 58.7% (50.1–66.8) 59.3% (48.8–69.7) 348/425 79.6% (73.7–84.5) 81.5% (74.4–87.7) 411/437 95.4% (92.8–97.0) 97.2% (93.6–99.7)
 Senior 103/162 63.8% (53.3–73.2) 65.0% (54.8–74.6) 234/270 86.4% (79.3–91.4) 88.4% (82.8–93.3) 345/358 95.4% (91.0–97.7) 98.0% (95.0–99.9)
 Other 81/105 82.1% (72.5–88.8) 83.4% (73.3–92.0) 121/139 89.3% (82.3–93.7) 90.9% (83.5–96.8) 165/173 96.8% (93.1–98.6) 98.0% (94.0–99.9)
Comorbidities 0.003 0.3 0.5
 None 461/725 64.2% (59.3–68.8) 65.5% (60.4–70.4) 997/1194 84.6* 8.72% (84.1–90.0) 1413/1488 95.8* 98.3% (96.6–99.7)
 One or more 14/17 92.2% (71.5–98.2) 87.3% (64.2–99.3) 7/7 100.0* 83.0% (54.2–100.0) 12/12 100.0* 94.2% (82.6–100.0)
Symptoms 0.14 0.087 0.9
 None 319/489 67.7% (62.2–72.8) 69.0% (62.8–74.9) 816/983 83.8% (80.5–86.6) 86.2% (82.7–89.4) 1102/1158 95.4% (93.6–96.7) 98.4% (96.5–99.8)
 One or more 156/253 60.1% (51.1–68.5) 61.3% (52.9–69.5) 188/218 89.0% (83.5–92.8) 91.5% (84.9–96.7) 323/342 95.1% (91.8–97.1) 97.9% (94.5–99.9)
Previous contact with a COVID-19 case 0.3 0.3 0.5
 No/don’t know 471/733 41.0% (5.1–90.0) 66.6% (61.5–71.4) 984/1175 85.1% (82.4–87.4) 87.5% (84.5–90.4) 1409/1483 95.4% (93.8–96.5) 98.4% (96.8–99.8)
 Yes 2/6 65.2% (60.4–69.8) 50.5% (13.3–87.7) 16/21 72.0% (34.0–92.8) 75.5% (53.0–93.2) 15/16 93.7%* 85.2% (60.0–99.1)
Previously PCR COVID-19 tested 0.2 0.2 0.3
 No 415/647 65.2% (60.4–69.8) 67.5% (62.2–72.7) 874/1044 84.2% (81.1–86.9) 86.7% (83.4–89.7) 1300/1372 95.1% (93.5–96.4) 98.1% (96.4–99.6)
 Yes 60/95 58.0% (44.1–70.6) 58.8% (44.8–71.9) 130/157 88.3% (82.1–92.5) 90.6% (82.9–96.8) 125/128 97.6% (91.5–99.4) 97.9% (92.8–99.9)
Outcome of previous test 0.4 0.4 0.7
 Negative 58/94 57.6%* 58.9% (45.2–72.1) 119/144 89.5%* 89.6% (81.0–96.3) 120/123 98.3%* 96.9% (90.2–99.9)
 Positive 1/1 100.0%* 66.3% (20.7–100.0) 7/7 100.0%* 88.7% (68.1–100.0) 8/8 100.0%* 85.3% (59.6–100.0)
COVID-19 vaccination 25/25 100.0%* 93.5% (81.2–100.0)

*The survey confidence interval was not computed because the observed proportion was 100% or close to or no sufficient sample size