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. 2021 Mar 4;11:5160. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-84356-w

Table 3.

Duration of sick leave in days, by SARS-CoV-2 serology test result and age.

Antibody status Age Cumulative number of sick leave days over the perioda
0 days n (%) 1–5 days n (%) 6–10 days n (%) 11–15 days n (%)  ≥ 16 days n (%)
Negative  < 29 857 (67.3) 312 (24.5) 78 (6.1) 13 (1.0) 13 (1.0)
30–39 1815 (65.1) 677 (24.3) 209 (7.5) 57 (2.0) 31 (1.1)
40–49 1934 (67.4) 617 (21.5) 212 (7.4) 54 (1.9) 51 (1.8)
50–59 1897 (68.9) 519 (18.9) 211 (7.7) 77 (2.8) 49 (1.8)
60+ 1282 (72.7) 287 (16.3) 119 (6.8) 46 (2.6) 30 (1.7)
Total n, % (95% CI) 7875, 68.8 (67.9–69.6) 2412, 21.1 (20.3–21.8) 829, 7.2 (6.8–7.7) 247, 2.2 (1.9–2.4) 174, 1.5 (1.3–1.7)
Positive  < 29 109 (43.8) 63 (25.3) 55 (22.1) 16 (6.4) 6 (2.4)
30–39 143 (37.3) 117 (30.6) 79 (21.4) 36 (9.4) 8 (2.1)
40–49 143 (38.7) 97 (26.2) 79 (21.4) 42 (11.4) 9 (2.4)
50–59 113 (36.1) 60 (19.2) 89 (28.4) 29 (9.3) 22 (7.0)
60+ 68 (41.0) 33 (19.9) 37 (22.3) 21 (12.7) 7 (4.2)
Total n, % (95% CI) 576, 38.9 (36.4–41.4) 370, 25.0 (22.9–27.3) 339, 22.9 (20.8–25.1) 144, 9.7 (8.3–11.3) 52, 3.5 (2.7–4.6)

aSick leave days in the 6 weeks prior to testing.