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. 2020 Dec 17;1:100013. doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2020.100013

Table 3.

Adjusted prevalence and odds ratio of seropositivity to IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 by categories of risk exposure and covariates.

SARS-CoV-2 IgG seropositivity
Odds Ratio (95%CI), p-value
N n % (95%CI) Unadjusted Fully adjusted Mutually adjusted
Hospital site
 Low risk 3729 336 8.25 (7.33–9.25) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 High risk 997 118 11.17 (9.21–13.37) 1.40 (1.10–1.78), 0.007 1.38 (1.08–1.78), 0.011 1.01 (0.76–1.34), 0.932
Hospital ward /unit type
 Low risk 3426 276 7.27 (6.36–8.27) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Medium risk 317 34 10.73 (7.60–14.57) 1.42 (0.94–2.15), 0.096 1.39 (0.91–2.13), 0.126 1.30 (0.86–1.98), 0.211
 High risk 983 144 14.07 (11.88–16.51) 2.09 (1.65–2.64), <0.001 1.98 (1.55–2.53), <0.001 1.91 (1.45–2.51), <0.001
HCW category
 Low risk 1032 76 6.56 (5.02–8.37) 1 (ref) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Medium risk 445 35 7.08 (4.78–10.01) 1.18 (0.74–1.91), 0.485 1.28 (0.78–2.09), 0.332 1.08 (0.67–1.75), 0.759
 High risk 3173 343 10.11 (9.02–11.28) 1.75 (1.30–2.35), <0.001 1.75 (1.28–2.40), 0.001 1.49 (1.10–2.03), 0.011
Age group
 16–40 2191 237 10.12 (8.83–11.54) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 41–50 1289 123 8.81 (7.21–10.59) 0.86 (0.67–1.10), 0.234 0.83 (0.64–1.08), 0.175
 >51 1244 94 6.76 (5.31–8.39) 0.64 (0.49–0.85), 0.002 0.63 (0.47–0.85), 0.002
Gender
 Women 3229 319 9.15 (8.11–10.27) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Men 1496 135 8.27 (6.82–9.87) 0.90 (0.71–1.13), 0.355 0.84 (0.65–1.08), 0.167
BMI (kg/m2)
 <25 3116 293 8.66 (6.64–9.78) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 25–29.9 1121 101 8.26 (6.61–10.11) 0.95 (0.73–1.24), 0.698 1.04 (0.79–1.37), 0.776
 ≥30 377 47 11.82 (8.56–15.70) 1.41 (0.99–2.02), 0.057 1.51 (1.04–2.17), 0.028
Smoking
 No 3572 370 9.65 (8.64–10.73) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Yes 1154 84 6.47 (4.99–8.15) 0.65 (0.49–0.86), 0.003 0.63 (0.47–0.84), 0.002
Flu vaccination
 No 2543 220 7.93 (6.83–9.12) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Yes 2183 233 9.97 (8.68–11.38) 1.29 (1.04–1.59), 0.021 1.27 (1.01–1.58), 0.038
Contact COVID-19
 No 4325 360 7.73 (6.89–8.64) 1 (ref) 1 (ref)
 Yes 491 94 18.71 (15.28–22.54) 2.75 (2.11–3.58), <0.001 2.80 (2.14–3.67), <0.001

95%CI: 95% Confidence Intervals.

Ref = Referent category.

Unadjusted estimates are from univariate models. Fully adjusted estimates are from models adjusted for all covariates (age group, gender, BMI, smoking, flu vaccination, and contact COVID-19) and one single category of risk exposure at a time (fully adjusted estimates pertaining to the covariates are from a model including all covariates and no categories of risk exposure). Mutually adjusted estimates are from a model including only categories of risk exposure.