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. 2021 Apr 1;16(4):e0249550. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249550

Table 3. Analysis of factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 IgG positivity.

SARS-CoV-2 IgG p-valuea Univariate Multivariate
Characteristics negative positive OR (95% CI) p-value OR (95% CI) p-valuec
Gender: 0.849 0.849
    male 264 (14.2%) 2 (12.5%) 1
    female 1599 (85.8%) 14 (87.5%) 1.16 (0.26‒5.11)
Age, median, IQR; yearsb 48 (38‒56) 50.5 (46‒57.5) 0.141 1.03 (0.99‒1.08) 0.131 1.04 (0.99‒1.09) 0.093
Professional category: 0.114
    other without direct patient contact 639 (34%) 4 (25%) 1
    nurse 635 (34%) 4 (25%) 1.01 (0.25‒4.04) 0.992
    physician 364 (20%) 7 (44%) 3.07 (0.89‒10.56) 0.075
    other with direct patient contact 225 (12%) 1 (6%) 0.71 (0.08‒6.39) 0.760
Healthcare department: 0.716 0.717
    non-clinical 543 (29%) 4 (25%) 1
    clinical 1320 (71%) 12 (75%) 1.23 (0.40‒3.84)
Previously tested for SARS-CoV-2 RNA 0.007 0.012 0.008
    no 1454 (78.05%) 8 (50%) 1
    yes 409 (21.95%) 8 (50%) 3.56 (1.33‒9.53) 3.82 (1.42‒10.29)

aChi-squared test.

bMann Whitney U test.

cWald test.