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. 2020 Sep 9:1–7. doi: 10.1017/ice.2020.455

Table 3.

Respiratory Protection Utilized Most Frequently During Contact With COVID-19 Patients

All Cases, Unadjusteda All Cases, Adjusted Early Sensitivity Cohortb Late Sensitivity Cohortc Contemporaneous Cohortd
During AGPs During Non-AGPs Total OR P Value OR P Value OR P Value OR P Value OR P Value
Respirator + Respirator 242 0.4 (0.2–0.8) .003 0.4 (0.2–0.8) .005 0.2 (0.06–0.5) <.001 0.7 (0.3–1.5) .35 0.5 (0.1–2.4) .42
Respirator + Medical mask 55 1.0 (0.5–2.1) .99 1.0 (0.4–2.3) .94 1.1 (0.3–3.9) .84 0.8 (0.3–2.1) .68 0.6 (0.06–5.2) .62
Medical mask + Medical mask 18 7.4 (2.8–20.0) <.001 9.1 (2.8–29.9) <.001 38.3 (7.7–189.9) <.001 3.9 (1.0–14.6) .04 4.7 (0.4–53.2) .21
(No exposure) + Respirator 208 1.1 (0.7–1.6) .67 1.2 (0.8–1.9) .43 0.8 (0.4–1.6) .48 1.3 (0.8–2.0 .36 1.6 (0.7–3.4) .23
(No exposure) + Medical mask 99 1.7 (1.1–2.7) .02 1.6 (0.9–2.6) .09 1.9 (0.9–3.9) .10 1.2 (0.6–2.1) .65 1.1 (0.5–2.9) .80
a

Median exposure windows Apr 14–28, 2020 (controls, n=886) and Mar 20–Apr 3, 2020 (all cases, n = 244).

b

Median case exposure window Mar 3–17, 2020 (n=101).

c

Median case exposure window Apr 3–17, 2020 (n=141).

d

Median case exposure window Apr 10–24, 2020 (n=54).