Table 1.
Characteristics of COVID-LIV participants
| Characteristics | SARS-CoV-2 nasal/ throat swab negative participants | SARS-CoV-2 nasal/ throat swab positive participants | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No stool provided | Stool provided | Overall | P value | ||
| (N = 251) | (N = 165) | (N = 416) | (N = 18) | ||
| IMD | < 0.001 | ||||
| 1 (most deprived) | 70 (27.9%) | 25 (15.2%) | 95 (22.8%) | 5 (27.8%) | |
| 2 | 32 (12.7%) | 15 (9.1%) | 47 (11.3%) | 3 (16.7%) | |
| 3 | 15 (6.0%) | 14 (8.5%) | 29 (7.0%) | < 3 | |
| 4 | 30 (12.0%) | 16 (9.7%) | 46 (11.1%) | < 3 | |
| 5 | 22 (8.8%) | 15 (9.1%) | 37 (8.9%) | < 3 | |
| 6 | 24 (9.6%) | 25 (15.2%) | 49 (11.8%) | < 3 | |
| 7 | 12 (4.8%) | 15 (9.1%) | 27 (6.5%) | < 3 | |
| 8 | 18 (7.2%) | 23 (13.9%) | 41 (9.9%) | < 3 | |
| 9 | 17 (6.8%) | 3 (1.8%) | 20 (4.8%) | < 3 | |
| 10 (least deprived) | 11 (4.4%) | 14 (8.5%) | 25 (6.0%) | < 3 | |
| Age | |||||
| Median IQR [Min, Max] | 15/39/57 [1, 82] | 42/58/66 [1, 86] | 24/46/63 [1, 86] | < 0.001 | 26/42/61 [10, 72] |
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 134 (53.4%) | 89 (53.9%) | 223 (53.6%) | 0.912 | 10 (55.6%) |
| Male | 117 (46.6%) | 76 (46.1%) | 193 (46.4%) | 8 (44.4%) | |
The P value compares those who provided a stool sample and those who did not in the SARS-CoV-2 nasal/throat swab negative population
IMD refers to the English Index of Multiple Deprivation deciles, assigned based on patient postcode
IQR refers to the interquartile range
< 3 refers to numbers suppressed to prevent participant disclosure