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. 2020 Sep 23;8(11):e1390–e1398. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30387-9

Table.

Seroprevalence according to sociodemographic characteristics

First survey
Second survey
p values for comparisons over time
Positive tests Adjusted for sampling design (estimate [95% CI]) Adjusted for sampling design and test validity (estimate [95% CI]) Positive tests Adjusted for sampling design (estimate [95% CI]) Adjusted for sampling design and test validity (estimate [95% CI]) Unadjusted Adjusted
Region p<0·0001 p<0·0001 p<0·0001 p<0·0001
Northeast 46/6552 0·7% (0·5– 1·0) 0·8% (0·5–1·1) 273/9801 2·8% (2·4–3·2) 3·2% (2·8–3·7) p<0·001 p<0·001
North 272/5064 5·4% (4·7– 6·1) 6·3% (5·4–7·2) 419/5449 7·7% (6·9–8·5) 9·0% (8·0–10·1) p<0·001 p<0·001
Centre-west 0/2477 0% (0·0–0·1) 0% 13/3565 0·4% (0·2–0·6) 0·4% (0·2–0·7) * *
Southeast 22/5833 0·4% (0·2–0·6) 0·4% (0·2–0·7) 45/7778 0·6% (0·4– 0·8) 0·6% (0·4–0·9) p=0·099 p=0·177
South 7/5069 0·1% (0·0– 0·4) 0·1% (0·0–0·6) 3/4569 0·1% (0·0– 0·2) 0% (0·0– 0·3) p=0·281 p=0·476
Sex p=0·16 p=0·27 p=0·095 p=0·16
Female 189/14464 1·3% (1·1–1·5) 1·5% (1·2–1·8) 461/18155 2·5% (2·3–2·8) 2·9% (2·6–3·3) p<0·001 p<0·001
Male 158/10531 1·5% (1·3–1·8) 1·7% (1·4–2·0) 292/13007 2·2% (2·0–2·5) 2·6% (2·3–3·0) p<0·001 p<0·001
Age, years p=0·22 p=0·42 p=0·0015 p=0·0056
0–4 6/432 1·4% (0·5– 3·0) 1·6% (0·6–3·5) 11/573 1·9% (1·0–3·4) 2·2% (1·1–4·0) p=0·520 p=0·563
5–9 8/681 1·2% (0·5–2·5) 1·3% (0·5–2·9) 16/983 1·6% (0·9–2·6) 1·9% (1·0–3·1) p=0·448 p=0·522
10–19 31/2287 1·4% (0·9–1·9) 1·5% (1·0–2·2) 52/2856 1·8 (1·4–2·4) 2·1% (1·5–2·8) p=0·190 p=0·225
20–29 55/3866 1·4% (1·1–1·9) 1·6% (1·2–2·2) 118/4761 2·5% (2·0–3·0) 2·9% (2·3–3·5) p<0·001 p=0·002
30–39 58/3834 1·5% (1·2–1·9) 1·7% (1·3–2·3) 122/4668 2·6% (2·2–3·1) 3·0% (2·5–3·6) p<0·001 p=0·001
40–49 63/3972 1·6 (1·2–2·0) 1·8% (1·4–2·4) 155/4885 3·2% (2·7–3·7) 3·7% (3·1–4·4) p<0·001 p<0·001
50–59 67/4016 1·7% (1·3– 2·1) 1·9% (1·4– 2·5) 133/5019 2·6% (2·2–3·1) 3·1% (2·5–3·7) p=0·002 p=0·005
60–69 33/3382 1·0% (0·7–1·4) 1·1% (0·7–1·6) 79/4264 1·9% (1·5–2·3) 2·1% (1·7–2·7) p=0·002 p=0·005
70–79 22/1797 1·2% (0·8–1·8) 1·4% (0·8–2·1) 49/2262 2·2% (1·6–2·9) 2·5% (1·8–3·4) p=0·025 p=0·040
≥80 4/728 0·5% (0·1–1·4%) 0·6% (0·1–1·6) 18/891 2·0% (1·2–3·2) 2·3% (1·4–3·7) p=0·018 p=0·045
Ethnicity p<0·0001 p<0·0001 p<0·0001 p<0·0001
Amarelo (East Asian) 8/685 1·2% (0·5–2·4) 1·3% (0·5–2·8) 15/827 1·8% (1·0–2·9) 2·1% (1·1–3·5) p=0·311 p=0·392
Branco (White) 61/9493 0·6% (0·5–0·8) 0·7% (0·5–1·0) 138/11011 1·3% (1·1–1·5) 1·4% (1·2–1·7) p<0·001 p<0·001
Indígena (Indigenous) 12/327 3·7% (1·9–6·4) 4·2% (2·2–7·2) 24/440 5·5% (3·6–7·9) 6·3% (4·2–9·2) p=0·251 p=0·298
Pardo (Brown) 229/11042 2·1% (1·8–2·4) 2·4% (2·0–2·8) 444/14282 3·1% (2·8–3·4) 3·6% (3·2–4·0) p<0·001 p<0·001
Preto (Black) 32/2961 1·1% (0·7–1·5) 1·2% (0·8–1·8) 114/3923 2·9% (2·4–3·5) 3·4% (2·7–4·1) p<0·001 p<0·001
Household size p<0·0001 p<0·0001 p=0·0003 p=0·0023
1 62/5074 1·2% (0·9–1·6) 1·4% (1·0–1·8) 150/5888 2·5% (2·1–3·0) 3·0% (2·5–3·5) p<0·001 p<0·001
2 79/7012 1·1% (0·9–1·4) 1·3% (1·0–1·6) 192/9148 2·1% (1·8–2·4) 2·4% (2·0–2·8) p<0·001 p<0·001
3 54/5429 1·0% (0·7–1·3) 1·1% (0·8–1·5) 153/6807 2·2% (1·9–2·6) 2·6% (2·2–3·1) p<0·001 p<0·001
4–5 102/5835 1·7% (1·4–2·1) 2·0% (1·6–2·5) 189/7483 2·5% (2·2–2·9) 2·9% (2·5–3·4) p=0·002 p=0·006
≥6 50/1645 3·0% (2·1–4·2 3·5% (2·5–4·9) 69/1836 3·8% (3·0–4·7) 4·4% (3·4–5·6) p=0·245 p=0·317
Wealth quintiles p=0·0052 p=0·012 p<0·0001 p<0·0001
Poorest 101/5590 1·8% (1·5–2·2) 2·1% (1·6–2·6) 237/7369 3·2% (2·8–3·7) 3·7% (3·2–4·3) p<0·001 p<0·001
2nd 73/4728 1·5% (1·2–2·0) 1·8% (1·3–2·3) 168/5774 2·9% (2·5–3·4 3·4% (2·9–4·0) p<0·001 p<0·001
3rd 63/4798 1·3% (1·0–1·7) 1·5% (1·1–2·0) 127/5950 2·1% (1·8–2·6) 2·5% (2·0–3·0) p=0·001 p=0·005
4th 64/4852 1·3% (1·0–1·7) 1·5% (1·1–1·9) 127/5927 2·1% (1·8–2·6) 2·5% (2·0–3·0) p=0·001 p=0·004
Richest 46/5018 0·9% (0·7–1·2) 1·0% (0·7–1·4) 94/6142 1·5% (1·2–1·9) 1·8% (1·4–2·2) p=0·004 p=0·009
Total
Cities with ≥200 participants in both surveys 333/20 084 1·7% (1·5–1·9) 1·9% (1·7–2·2) 551/20 414 2·7% (2·5–3·0) 3·1% (2·8–3·4) p<0·001 p<0·001
All cities in each phase 347/24 995 1·4% (1·2–1·6) 1·6% (1·4–1·8) 753/31 162 2·4% (2·2–2·6) 2·8% (2·5–3·1) p<0·001 p<0·001

Missing values represented 2·1% of the responses on ethnicity, and less than 0·1% for the remaining variables.

*

p values for trends over time could not be calculated because prevalence was equal to 0 in the first survey.