Table 1.
Layer 3: health consumption, preventative health behaviour and medical conditions. Percentages of positive tests stratified by health criterion and age group. Increased health consumption, increased preventative health behaviour, and particular medical conditions are associated with lower percentages of positive tests.
| positive tests (%) by age group |
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| category | feature | value | 0–9 | 10–19 | 20–29 | 30–39 | 40–49 | 50–59 | ≥60 |
| health consumption | number of hospitalizations in previous 5 years | ≤2 | 6.34 | 10.4 | 8.48 | 5.66 | 6.06 | 5.69 | 3.43 |
| >2 | 4.39* | 7.06** | 6.63** | 3.86** | 4.23** | 3.56** | 2.45** | ||
| number of visits to primary care physician in previous five years | ≤5 | 8.07 | 12.31 | 10.49 | 7.15 | 7.35 | 5.99 | 2.26 | |
| >5 | 5.98** | 9.77** | 7.91** | 5.29** | 5.75** | 5.44 | 3.2** | ||
| number of drug prescriptions in previous five years | ≤4 | 7.76 | 11.12 | 9.71 | 6.04 | 6.1 | 5.72 | 4.26 | |
| >4 | 4.98** | 9.09** | 7.37** | 5.23** | 5.86 | 5.42 | 3.0** | ||
| preventative behaviour | number of diagnoses in previous 5 years | ≤20 | 8.26 | 12.87 | 10.5 | 7.38 | 6.79 | 5.35 | 2.43 |
| >20 | 5.68** | 9.2** | 7.65** | 5.15** | 5.79** | 5.51 | 3.13* | ||
| number of laboratory tests in previous 5 years | ≤3 | 6.77 | 10.99 | 10.31 | 7.9 | 8.34 | 7.7 | 3.79 | |
| >3 | 5.48** | 9.04** | 6.96** | 4.63** | 4.56** | 4.45** | 2.85** | ||
| number of COVID-19 tests | ≤1 | 6.23 | 9.65 | 8.97 | 6.44 | 7.55 | 7.64 | 4.74 | |
| >1 | 6.81 | 15.05** | 6.24** | 2.74** | 2.15** | 1.87** | 1.37** | ||
| number of vaccinations in previous 5 years | 0 | 6.62 | 10.83 | 8.81 | 6.2 | 6.46 | 5.74 | 3.15 | |
| >0 | 5.75** | 9.05** | 7.01** | 4.34** | 4.9** | 5.05** | 3.04 | ||
| medical condition | abnormal cardiovascular condition | no | 6.32 | 10.35 | 8.42 | 5.55 | 5.97 | 5.5 | 3.31 |
| yes | 3.63* | 7.64* | 6.67 | 4.53 | 4.66 | 5.4 | 2.63** | ||
| abnormal blood pressure | no | 6.27 | 10.31 | 8.41 | 5.51 | 6.02 | 5.52 | 3.75 | |
| yes | 0.0 | 8.33 | 6.19 | 6.51 | 5.09* | 5.39 | 2.71** | ||
| cancer | no | 6.27 | 10.32 | 8.42 | 5.57 | 5.99 | 5.61 | 3.29 | |
| yes | 4.65 | 7.25 | 3.88* | 2.54** | 4.49* | 3.97** | 2.35** | ||
| diabetes | no | 6.27 | 10.32 | 8.39 | 5.51 | 5.94 | 5.39 | 3.04 | |
| yes | 9.09 | 6.31 | 8.53 | 7.54 | 5.76 | 6.31* | 3.17 | ||
| chronic kidney disease | no | 6.27 | 10.3 | 8.4 | 5.51 | 5.98 | 5.57 | 3.76 | |
| yes | 0.0 | 37.5** | 7.69 | 7.98* | 4.58* | 4.71 | 2.4** | ||
| chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | no | 6.27 | 10.31 | 8.39 | 5.54 | 5.94 | 5.5 | 3.1 | |
| yes | NA | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.88 | 3.85 | 4.79 | 2.76 | ||
Significant differences are marked with asterisks, where **denotes p < 0.01 and *denotes p < 0.05.