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. 2019 Oct 21;8(1):1490–1500. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2019.1678366

Table 1. Demographics in patients with suspected CHIKV infection.

  IgG or IgM for CHIKV    
  Positivea
(n = 295)
Negativeb
(n = 253)
OR (CI) p-value
Age in years (mean ± SD) 49.6 ± 17.4 48.9 ± 17.6    
Female 208 (54.5%) 174 (45.5%)    
Race        
 Mestizo (n: 292) 145 (49.7%) 147 (50.3%)    
 Caucasian (n: 188) 110 (58.5%) 78 (41.5%)    
 Afro-American  (n: 41) 29 (70.7%) 12 (29.3%) 2.19 (1.09–4.38) 0.024
 Amerindian (n: 24) 8 (33.3%) 16 (66.7%) 0.41 (0.17–0.98) 0.039
Origin        
 Barranquilla  (n: 248) 165 (66.5%) 83 (33.5%) 2.60 (1.83–3.68) <0.001
 Bogotá (n: 90) 45 (50.0%) 45 (50.0%)    
 Medellín (n: 84) 18 (21.4%) 66 (78.6%) 0.18 (0.10–0.32) <0.001
 Cúcuta (n: 55) 36 (65.5%) 19 (34.5%)    
 Bucaramanga  (n: 47) 14 (29.8%) 33 (70.2%) 0.33 (0.17–0.63) 0.001
 Cali (n: 24) 17 (70.8%) 7 (29.2%)    
Monthly income        
 None (n: 199) 107 (53.8%) 92 (46.2%)    
 <157 USD (n: 90) 62 (68.9%) 28 (31.1%) 2.13 (1.32–3.46) 0.002
 158–315 USD (n: 189) 95 (50.3%) 94 (49.7)    
 316–471 USD  (n: 41) 16 (39.0%) 25 (61.0%)    
 472–630 USD  (n: 15) 9 (60.0%) 6 (40.0%)    
 631–725 USD (n: 3) 2 (66.7%) 1 (33.3%)    
 726–906 USD (n: 7) 3 (42.9%) 4 (57.1%)    
 >906 USD (n: 4) 1 (25.0%) 3 (75.0%)    
Socioeconomic strata        
 Stratum 1 (n: 169) 115 (68.0%) 54 (32.0%) 2.35 (1.60–3.44) <0.001
 Stratum 2 (n: 226) 104 (46.0%) 122 (54.0%) 0.58 (0.41–0.82) 0.002
 Stratum 3 (n: 114) 60 (52.6%) 54 (47.4%)    
 Stratum 4 (n: 32) 9 (28.1%) 23 (71.9%) 0.31 (0.14–0.69) 0.003
 Stratum 5 (n: 7) 6 (85.7%) 1 (14.3%)    

CHIKV: chikungunya virus; IgM: immunoglobulin M; IgG: immunoglobulin G; OR: odds ratio; CI: 95% confidence interval; SD: standard deviation, USD: United States dollar.

afulfilled World Health Organization Criteria for confirmed case of CHIKV; bdid not fulfil World Health Organization Criteria for confirmed case of CHIKV.