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. 2023 Jun 13;33(5):923–929. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckad093

Table 1.

Factors associated with a positive serological test on June 20. Bivariate analysis

All sample Negative serology Positive serology P-value OR
N = 1691 N = 1486 N = 203 (95% CI)
Sociodemographic data
Sex (% women) 1328 (78.5%) 1174 (79.0%) 152 (74.9%) 0.179 1.26 (0.90–1.76)
Age (±SD) 42.3 (12.0) 42.5 (12.1) 40.9 (11.5) 0.078 0.99 (0.98–1.00)
Living alone 141 (8.3%) 127 (8.5%) 14 (6.9%) 0.425 0.79 (0.48–1.41)
Living with health care workers 319 (18.9%) 270 (18.2%) 49 (24.1%) 0.042 1.43 (1.01–2.03)
Clinical data
Hospitalization in the previous year 82 (4.8%) 65 (4.4%) 17 (8.4%) 0.013 1.99 (1.15–3.48)
Had a flu vaccine last season 424 (25.1%) 362 (24.4%) 62 (30.5%) 0.057 1.37 (0.99–1.88)
Had a tuberculosis vaccine at some time 354 (20.9%) 319 (21.5%) 35 (17.2%) 0.165 0.76 (0.52–1.12)
Had a pneumococcal vaccine 169 (10.0%) 148 (10.0%) 21 (10.3%) 0.864 1.04 (0.64–1.69)
Smoking habit
Not current smoker 1334 (79.0%) 1149 (73.5%) 185 (91.1%) <0.001 10.33 (0.20–0.55)
Current smoker 355 (21.0%) 337 (22.7%) 18 (8.9%)
Been diagnosed with COVID 19 165 (9.8%) 20 (1.3%) 145 (71.4%) <0.001 183.3 (107.2–313.2)
Labor data
Occupational category
1. Physician 324 (19.2%) 281 (18.9%) 43 (21.2%) 0.441 1.15 (0.80–1.65)
2. Nurse 472 (27.9%) 395 (26.6%) 76 (37.4%) 0.001 1.65 (1.22–2.25)
3. Nursing aid 326 (19.3%) 279 (18.8%) 46 (22.7%) 0.188 1.27 (0.89–1.81)
All HCW (1 + 2 + 3) 1120 (66.3%) 955 (64.3%) 165 (81.3%) <0.001 2.41 (1.67–3.49)
4. Other HCW 132 (7.8%) 124 (8.3%) 8 (3.9%) 0.028 0.45 (0.22–0.94)
5. Patient transporters 34 (2.0%) 32 (2.2%) 2 (1.0%) 0.266 0.45 (0.11–1.91)
6. Administration staff 176 (10.4%) 159 (10.7%) 17 (8.4%) 0.309 0.76 (0.45–1.29)
7. Cleaning staff 102 (6.0%) 97 (6.5%) 5 (2.5%) 0.023 0.36 (0.15–0.90)
8. Other non-health care staff 115 (6.8%) 109 (7.3%) 6 (3.0%) 0.020 0.38 (0.17–0.89)
9. Steering committee 10 (0.6%) 10 (0.7%) 0 0.619
Normal workplace
10. ICU 164 (9.7%) 151 (10.2%) 13 (6.4%) 0.090 0.61 (0.34–1.09)
11. Hospitalization 742 (43.9%) 632 (42.5%) 109 (53.7%) 0.003 1.57 (1.17–2.10)
12. Outpatient clinics 348 (20.6%) 309 (20.8%) 39 (19.2%) 0.601 0.91 (0.63–1.31)
13. Surgery 269 (15.9%) 250 (16.8%) 19 (9.4%) 0.006 0.51 (0.31–0.84)
14. Emergencies 390 (23.1%) 344 (23.1%) 45 (22.2%) 0.755 0.95 (0.67–1.35)
15. Day hospital 147 (8.7%) 132 (8.9%) 15 (7.4%) 0.479 0.82 (0.47–1.43)
16. Non-healthcare assistance 296 (17.5%) 274 (18.4%) 22 (10.8%) 0.008 0.54 (0.34–0.85)
17. Laboratory 84 (5.0%) 81 (5.5%) 3 (1.5%) 0.015 0.26 (0.08–0.83)
18. Pharmacy 67 (4.0%) 63 (4.2%) 4 (2.0%) 0.120 0.45 (0.16–1.26)
19. Radiology 109 (6.4%) 102 (6.9%) 7 (3.4%) 0.063 0.49 (0.22–1.06)
Frontline attention
20. Was not frontline 711 (42.1%) 651 (43.8%) 60 (29.6%) <0.001 11.39 (0.89–2.17)
21. Frontline, NOT feeling unprotected 299 (17.7%) 265 (17.8%) 34 (16.7%) 2.08 (1.49–2.90)
22. Frontline feeling unprotected 679 (40.2%) 570 (38.4%) 109 (53.7%)
Kept a safe distance of 1.5 m in communal areas when not wearing a mask 1459 (86.3%) 1293 (87.0%) 164 (80.8%) 0.016 0.63 (0.43–0.92)
Been in close contact without protection with patients diagnosed with COVID at work. 388 (22.9%) 319 (21.5%) 68 (33.5%) <0.001 1.84 (1.34–2.53)
Been in close contact without protection with workers diagnosed with COVID at work. 513 (30.3%) 445 (29.9%) 68 (33.5%) 0.302 1.18 (0.86–1.61)
Been in close contact without protection with family members diagnosed with COVID 89 (5.3%) 67 (4.5%) 22 (10.8%) <0.001 2.57 (1.55–4.27)
Been in close contact with other people diagnosed with COVID outside work 72 (4.3%) 60 (4.0%) 12 (5.9%) 0.215 1.49 (0.79–2.83)