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. 2021 Mar 3;16(3):e0247865. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0247865

Table 2. Demographics and seropositivity of front-line and non-front-line HCWs.

Health Care Workers
Characteristics No Risk n = 113 (%) Low Risk n = 157 (%) High Risk n = 543 (%) PCR Positive n = 119 (%) Total n = 932 (%)
Hospital
 UEAH 52 (46.0) 0 218 (40.1) 52 (43.7) 322 (34.5)
 Cerrahpasa 58 (51.3) 54 (34.4) 124 (22.8) 64 (53.8) 300 (32.2)
 Farabi 3 (2.7) 103 (65.6) 201 (37.0) 3 (2.5) 310 (33.3)
Age, Mean± SD 34.5± 12.23 35.5± 8.86 34.3± 8.92 36.2± 10.14 34.8± 9.54
Sex
 Male 56 (49.6) 53 (33.8) 184 (33.9) 39 (32.8) 332 (35.6)
 Female 57 (50.4) 104 (66.2) 359 (66.1) 80 (67.2) 600 (64.4)
Profession
 Physician 62 (54.9) 12 (7.6) 175 (32.2) 30 (25.2) 279 (29.9)
 Nurse 17 (15.0) 32 (20.4) 174 (32.0) 45 (37.8) 268 (28.8)
 Ward Clerk&Security 12 (10.6) 67 (42.7) 35 (6.4) 15 (12.6) 129 (13.8)
 Lab&Radiology Technician 1 (0.9) 7 (4.5) 92 (16.9) 7 (5.9) 107 (11.5)
 Cleaning Staff 12 (10.6) 10 (6.4) 62 (11.4) 12 (10.1) 96 (10.3)
 Administrative Staff 9 (8.0) 29 (18.5) 5 (0.9) 10 (8.4) 53 (5.7)
Assigned Department
 Pandemic Clinic 0 0 284 (52.3) 51 (42.8) 335 (35.9)
 Intensive Care Unit 0 0 69 (12.7) 10 (8.4) 79 (8.5)
 Emergency Room 0 0 47 (8.7) 8 (6.7) 55 (5.9)
 Corona Lab 0 0 61 (11.2) 1 (0.8) 62 (6.7)
 Swab Team 0 0 51 (9.4) 4 (3.4) 55 (5.9)
 Non-Pandemic Clinic 0 50 (31.9) 28 (5.1) 30 (25.2) 108 (11.6)
 Administrative Office 0 107 (68.2) 3 (0.6) 15 (12.6) 125 (13.4)
 On leave 113 (100) 0 0 0 113 (12.1)
Clinical Information
 Chronic Disease Present 31 (27.4) 19 (12.1) 61 (11.2) 31 (26.1) 142 (15.2)
 Hypertension 8 (7.1) 7 (4.5) 19 (3.5) 7 (5.9) 41 (4.4)
 Diabetes Mellitus 5 (4.4) 2 (1.3) 16 (2.9) 6 (5.0) 29 (3.1)
 Other Chronic Disease 22 (19.5) 11 (7.0) 29 (5.3) 19 (16.0) 81 (8.7)
 ACE inh./ARB 6 (5.3) 5 (3.2) 16 (2.9) 8 (6.7) 35 (3.8)
 Immuno-suppressive drug 2 (1.8) 1 (0.6) 2 (0.4) 2 (1.7) 7 (0.8)
 Smoking 25 (22.1) 42 (26.8) 147 (27.1) 14 (11.8) 228 (24.5)
IgG Positive 4 (3.5) 2 (1.3) 16 (2.9) 93 (78.2) 115 (12.3)
 Symptoms n.a. n.a. n.a. 98 (82.4) 98 (10.5)
 CT Result n.a. n.a. n.a. 71 (59.7) 71 (7.6)

ACE inh.: Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor, ARB: Angiotensin II receptor blocker, CT: Computed tomography scan, HCW: Health Care Worker, n.a: Not applicable.