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. 2020 Apr 27;20(8):911–919. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30287-5

Table 3.

Group-specific attack rates and risk factors for SAR-CoV-2 infection among close contacts

Number of cases* Number infected Attack rate (95% CI) Univariate regression
Multivariate regression
Odds ratio 2·5% 97·5% Odds ratio 2·5% 97·5%
Sex
Female 558 58 10·4% (8·1–13·2) Ref .. .. .. .. ..
Male 486 26 5·3% (3·7–7·7) 0·43 0·21 0·86 .. .. ..
Age
0–9 years 148 11 7·4% (4·2–12·8) 2·33 0·38 14·05 .. .. ..
10–19 years 85 6 7·1% (3·3–14·6) 3·50 0·53 23·24 .. .. ..
20–29 years 114 7 6·1% (3·0–12·1) 4·91 0·74 32·64 .. .. ..
30–39 years 268 16 6·0% (3·7–9·5) 1·84 0·34 9·80 .. .. ..
40–49 years 143 7 4·9% (2·4–9·8) 3·46 0·55 21·92 .. .. ..
50–59 years 110 10 9·1% (5·0–15·9) Ref .. .. .. .. ..
60–69 years 130 20 15·4% (10·2–22·6) 5·68 1·01 32·09 .. .. ..
≥70 years 72 7 9·7% (4·8–18·7) 4·26 0·64 28·44 .. .. ..
Contact type: household
No 456 4 0·9% (0·3–2·2) Ref .. .. Ref .. ..
Yes 686 77 11·2% (9·1–13·8) 15·10 3·69 61·69 6·27 1·49 26·33
Contact type: travel
No 824 63 7·6% (6·0–9·7) Ref .. .. Ref .. ..
Yes 318 18 5·7% (3·6–8·8) 9·13 1·85 45·08 7·06 1·43 34·91
Contact type: meal
No 435 20 4·6% (3·0–7·0) Ref .. .. Ref .. ..
Yes 707 61 8·6% (6·8–10·9) 23·01 2·51 211·2 7·13 0·73 69·32
Contact frequency
Rare 230 1 0·4% (0·02–2·4) <0·0001 0 Inf .. .. ..
Moderate 305 9 3·0% (1·6–5·5) Ref .. .. .. .. ..
Often 555 71 12·8% (10·3–15·8) 8·8 2·58 30·06 .. .. ..

SARS-CoV-2=severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Inf=infinity.

*

15 confirmed close contacts were excluded from this analysis because contact tracing reports for the negative close contacts in the same clusters were missing. Close contacts with missing data on sex, age, contact types, or contact frequency not shown.