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. 2023 Mar 11;156(4-5):659–668. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_3475_21

Table I.

Antibody levels and seropositivity rate for spike and nucleocapsid proteins in different participant groups

Parameters Study participant (n) Nucleocapsid Spike P value


Number of positive Per cent positive Reactivity Number of positive Per cent positive Reactivity


Mean SD 95% CI Mean SD 95% CI
Total 132 95 72.0 12.8 10.9 11.0-15.0 73 55.3 4.8 1.8 4.4-5.2 <0.001
Males 73 55 75.3 14.5 11.6 11.4-17.7 47 64.4 5.1 1.9 4.5-5.6 <0.001
Females 59 40 67.8 10.4 9.5 7.3-13.3 26 44.1 4.2 1.4 3.6-4.7 <0.001
Symptomatic 90 65 72.2 14.9 12.0 12.0-17.9 44 48.9 5.0 1.9 4.5-5.6 <0.001
Asymptomatic 42 30 71.4 8.1 5.9 5.9-10.3 29 69.0 4.4 1.6 3.8-5.0 0.006
ICU 28 23 82.1 18.7 13.5 12.8-24.5 17 60.7 5.8 1.6 5.0-6.6 0.02
Ward 104 72 69.2 10.9 9.2 8.7-13.1 56 53.8 4.4 1.7 4.0-5.0 <0.001
Adults
ICU 16 14 87.5 22.5 11.5 15.9-29.1 13 81.3 6.3 1.2 5.6-7.1 0.01
Ward 43 31 72.1 15.3 11.2 11.2-19.4 22 51.2 4.3 1.6 3.6-5.1 <0.001
Children
ICU 12 9 75.0 12.7 14.9 1.2-24.2 4 33.3 4.2 1.5 1.8-6.6 0.15
Ward 61 41 67.2 7.6 5.6 5.8-9.3 34 55.7 4.5 1.8 3.8-5.1 0.016

Only the samples with reactivity ≥2-fold of the naive control were considered positive for reactivity with the proteins. P values represent the significance of the difference in reactivity between spike and nucleocapsid, SD represents variation within the group and the higher and lower limits of confidence interval are at 95% CI. SD, standard deviation; ICU, intensive care unit; CI, confidence interval