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. 2020 Nov 4;82(4):84–123. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.10.035

Table 2.

Multivariate analysis of significant risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 in univariate analysis (Table 1). Controlling for ethnicity and having a household member who works in a care home, travel to work by bus is not a significant predictor of seropositivity.

Risk factor OR 95% CI – lower OR 95% CI – higher OR p-value Concordance
(Intercept) 0.364 0.163 0.792 0.012 0.694
Age category
 40–59 1.784 0.998 3.215 0.052
 60+ 1.105 0.435 2.741 0.831
Ethnic group
 Asian 2.034 1.038 4.049 0.040
 Black 1.788 0.941 3.425 0.077
 Mixed 0.807 0.101 4.781 0.820
 Other 0.917 0.150 5.211 0.921
Care home of employment
 Home B 1.164 0.513 2.640 0.716
 Home C 1.186 0.581 2.428 0.639
 Home C 2.166 0.984 4.875 0.057
Travel by car 0.797 0.375 1.679 0.552
Travel by bus 1.154 0.615 2.163 0.654
Travel by ‘other’ 0.890 0.376 2.089 0.790
Resides at place of work 2.802 0.848 10.336 0.100
Household member works in care home 2.973 1.326 7.041 0.010
Household member works in hospital/GP surgery 0.356 0.125 0.915 0.039