Table 3.

Indices of deprivation scores associated with home postcode of study participants

Index of deprivation	Seropositive	Seronegative	P value
Index of Multiple Deprivation	−0.395 (0.89)	−0.345 (0.79)	0.58
Income	−0.352 (0.99)	−0.316 (0.80)	0.69
Employment	−0.267 (1.00)	−0.312 (0.78)	0.61
Education and skills	−0.149 (0.87)	−0.160 (0.76)	0.90
Health and disability	−0.361 (0.73)	−0.347 (0.60)	0.84
Barriers to housing and services	−0.446 (0.57)	−0.333 (0.60)	0.07
Living environment	−0.433 (0.78)	−0.444 (0.71)	0.88
Income deprivation affecting children	−0.381 (0.93)	−0.333 (0.80)	0.59
Income deprivation affecting older adults	−0.369 (0.88)	−0.274 (0.75)	0.25

Mean and SD (in parentheses) are provided. Numerically lower values represent more deprived postcodes.

Means of seropositive and seronegative groups were compared using the unpaired, two-tailed Student’s t-test.