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. 2020 Oct 20;17(10):e1003374. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003374

Table 1. Univariate associations of severe disease with demographic factors.

Controls Cases Rate ratio (95% CI) p -Value
Number of individuals (entire sample) 36,948 4,272
Most deprived SIMD quintile 8,559 (23%) 1,121 (26%)
7,956 (22%) 935 (22%) 0.86 (0.78–0.95) 0.003
6,730 (18%) 826 (19%) 0.88 (0.79–0.98) 0.02
6,558 (18%) 773 (18%) 0.81 (0.72–0.90) 2 × 10−4
Least deprived SIMD quintile 7,119 (19%) 614 (14%) 0.54 (0.48–0.62) 4 × 10−21
Care home 2,935 (8%) 1,894 (44%) 21.4 (19.1–23.9) 8 × 10−644
Number of individuals (with SMR record of ethnicity) 27,230 3,648
White 26,908 (99%) 3,596 (99%)
South Asian 145 (1%) 27 (1%) 1.26 (0.81–1.97) 0.3
Black 35 (0%) 5 (0%) 1.16 (0.44–3.04) 0.8
Other 142 (1%) 20 (1%) 1.01 (0.63–1.65) 1

Abbreviations: SIMD, Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation; SMR, Scottish Morbidity Record