Table 1.
Prevalence and prevalence ratios of SARS-CoV-2 by sociodemographic characteristics and self-reported COVID-19 compatible symptoms, São Paulo City, Brazil, 2020.
| Characteristic | Participants |
Prevalence |
Prevalence ratioa | P-valueb | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Weighted % | Weighted % | 95%CI | |||
| Overall | 463 | 100 | 6.0 | 3.9–8.3 | ||
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 214 | 46.6 | 7.4 | 3.7–11.1 | 1 | |
| Female | 249 | 53.4 | 5.0 | 2.2–7.7 | 0.6 | 0.239 |
| Age group (years) | ||||||
| < 40 | 195 | 37.8 | 8.4 | 3.9–13.0 | 1 | |
| 40 – 59 | 155 | 36.0 | 5.5 | 2.1–8.9 | 0.6 | 0.190 |
| ≥ 60 | 113 | 26.2 | 3.5 | 0.2–6.9 | 0.4 | 0.160 |
| Self-reported skin color/racec | ||||||
| White | 302 | 66.5 | 3.9 | 2.0–5.9 | 1 | |
| Brown and black | 130 | 28.2 | 11.3 | 5.7–16.9 | 2.7 | 0.007 |
| Asian and indigenous | 27 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 6.0–18.9 | 1.4 | 0.679 |
| Schooling (years) | ||||||
| ≤ 8 | 50 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 0.7 – 20.1 | 1 | |
| 9 - 15 | 194 | 40.3 | 5.5 | 2.4–8.6 | 0.5 | 0.285 |
| ≥ 16 | 219 | 48.8 | 5.6 | 2.0–9.2 | 0.6 | 0.325 |
| COVID-19 compatible symptoms | ||||||
| No | 319 | 70.0 | 4.0 | 2.2–5.9 | ||
| Yes (any)d | 144 | 30.0 | 10.9 | 5.7–16.0 | 3.0 | ≤ 0.001 |
95%CI: 95% Confidence Interval.
SARS-CoV-2, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; COVID-19, Coronavirus disease 2019.
a
Adjusted for sex, age group, skin color, schooling, occurrence of symptoms.
b
Survey-adjusted chi-square test (Rao Scott correction).
c
Missing data n = 4
d
Single or multiple symptoms in the past 2 week.