Table 1.
Characteristics of the Study Population
Total (N = 382) | SARS-CoV-2–Infected (n = 293) | SARS-CoV-2–Uninfected (n = 89) | P Value | ||||
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Characteristic | n (or median) | % (or IQR) | n (or median) | % (or IQR) | n (or median) | % (or IQR) | |
Age, y | 9.7 | (4.8–15.9) | 10.4 | (4.8–16.4) | 8.7 | (5.0–14.4) | .37 |
Sex | .80 | ||||||
Female | 204 | 53% | 158 | 54% | 46 | 52% | |
Male | 178 | 47% | 135 | 46% | 43 | 48% | |
Race | <.0001 | ||||||
Black or African-American | 26 | 7% | 17 | 6% | 9 | 10% | |
Latino or Hispanic-American | 307 | 81% | 256 | 88% | 51 | 57% | |
Non-Hispanic White | 45 | 12% | 17 | 6% | 28 | 31% | |
Other | 2 | <1% | 1 | <1% | 1 | 1% | |
Number of household members | 5 | (4–6) | 5 | (4–6) | 5 | (4–6) | .97 |
Close contacts with SARS-CoV-2 | |||||||
Parent | 217 | 57% | 159 | 54% | 134 | 46% | .09 |
Sibling | 171 | 45% | 145 | 49% | 26 | 29% | .001 |
Other | 103 | 27% | 77 | 26% | 26 | 29% | .68 |
Comorbidities | |||||||
Provider-diagnosed asthma | 34 | 9% | 19 | 6% | 15 | 17% | .005 |
Obesity (body mass index ≥95th percentile for age) | 108 | 28% | 88 | 30% | 20 | 22% | .18 |
Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.