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. 2023 Nov 3;78(2):105–108. doi: 10.1136/jech-2023-220569

Table 1.

Characteristics of study participants

All participants recruited Participants in IgG-S analyses Participants in IgG-N analyses
n % n % n %
Age, years
 <30 2291 11 228 15 126 7
 30–39 3169 16 243 16 168 10
 40–49 2514 12 181 12 143 8
 50–59 3928 20 338 22 505 29
 60–69 4071 20 279 18 460 26
 70+ 4222 21 245 16 347 20
Gender
 Men 8877 44 636 42 764 44
 Women 11 318 56 878 58 985 56
Ethnicity*
 White 17 626 88 1241 82 1391 80
 Other ethnicity 2526 13 271 18 354 20
Townsend Deprivation Index†
 Less deprived 6971 35 453 30 571 33
 Average 8249 41 590 39 715 41
 More deprived 4975 25 471 31 463 27
UK region
 East Midlands 1201 6 76 5 90 5
 East of England 938 5 53 4 60 3
 London 6059 30 637 42 663 38
 North East 832 4 44 3 63 4
 North West 2175 11 167 11 205 12
 Scotland 1227 6 60 4 70 4
 South East 2604 13 166 11 193 11
 South West 1379 7 65 4 87 5
 Wales 791 4 37 2 56 3
 West Midlands 1407 7 113 8 123 7
 Yorkshire and the Humber 1582 8 96 6 139 8
All 20 195 100 1514 100 1749 100

IgG-S antibody analyses restricted to SARS-CoV-2 cases with one or more IgG-S tests following diagnosis. IgG-N antibody analyses restricted to SARS-CoV-2 cases with IgG-N test following diagnosis.

*Excludes participants of unknown ethnicity.

†Area-level derived measure of socioeconomic deprivation (categories are defined as: <−2 (less deprived), −2 to <2 (average), 2+ (more deprived)).