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. 2021 Aug 8:wxab062. doi: 10.1093/annweh/wxab062

Table 1.

Seroprevalence (and 95% confidence intervals) of SARS-CoV-2 IgG among workers by demographic and occupational characteristics.

Variable Number of participants (N = 22708) Positive (N = 1129) Seroprevalence
N (%) N Prevalence [95% CI]
Gender
 Female 9’095 (40.1) 463 5.09 [4.64–5.54]
 Male 13613 (59.9) 666 4.89 [4.53–5.25]
Age, years
 <20 166 (0.7) 5 3.01 [0.41–5.61]
 20–29 2590 (11.4) 144 5.56 [4.68–6.44]
 30–39 4697 (20.7) 213 4.53 [3.94–5.13]
 40–49 7355 (32.4) 345 4.69 [4.21–5.17]
 50–59 6225 (27.4) 318 5.11 [4.57–5.68]
 60–69 1353 (6.0) 73 5.40 [4.19–6.60]
 70–79 263 (1.2) 24 9.13 [5.65–12.61]
 80+ 59 (0.3) 7 11.86 [3.61–20.12]
Province
 Other 426 (1.9) 7 1.64 [0.44–2.85]
 Aosta 475 (2.1) 13 2.74 [1.27-0.75]
 Varese 36 (0.2) 1 2.78 [0.07–14.53]
 Asti 888 (3.9) 31 3.49 [2.28–4.70]
 Cuneo 2769 (12.2) 108 3.90 [3.18–4.62]
 Biella 3205 (14.1) 127 3.96 [3.29–4.64]
 Milano 1211 (5.3) 60 4.95 [3.73–6.18]
 Torino 9310 (41.0) 466 5.01 [4.56–5.45]
 Verbania 256 (5.4) 15 5.86 [2.98–8.74]
 Genova 46 (0.2) 3 6.52 [1.37–17.90]
 Novara 1805 (8.0) 121 6.70 [5.55–7.86]
 Alessandria 995 (4.4) 67 6.73 [5.18–8.29]
 Vercelli 1234 (5.4) 99 8.02 [6.51–9.54]
 Brescia 20 (0.1) 3 15.00 [0.00–30.65]
 Bergamo 32 (0.1) 8 25.00 [11.46–43.40]
Occupational sector
 Printing house 115 (0.5) 3 2.61 [0.00–5.52]
 Agriculture 359 (1.6) 10 2.79 [1.08–4.49]
 Food services 205 (0.9) 6 2.93 [0.62–5.23]
 Information technology 489 (2.2) 17 3.48 [1.85–5.10]
 Other manufacturing 2061 (9.1) 75 3.64 [2.83–4.45]
 Mechanical engineering 2577 (11.4) 102 3.81 [3.08–4.53]
 Iron and steel industry 284 (1.3) 12 4.23 [1.89–6.56]
 Publishing industry 46 (0.2) 2 4.35 [0.00–10.24]
 Transportation 275 (1.2) 12 4.36 [1.95–6.78]
 Holding and insurance company 4123 (18.2) 192 4.66 [4.01–5.30]
 Public administration 235 (1.0) 11 4.68 [1.98–7.38]
 Construction industry 976 (4.3) 46 4.71 [3.38–6.04]
 Plant engineering 546 (2.4) 26 4.76 [2.98–6.55]
 Trade 1183 (5.2) 57 4.82 [3.60–6.04]
 Other services 2893 (12.8) 145 5.01 [4.22–5.81]
 Food industry 1994 (8.8) 101 5.07 [4.10–6.03]
 Health services 1115 (4.9) 58 5.20 [3.90–6.51]
 Mechanic workshop 553 (2.4) 29 5.24 [3.39–7.10]
 Cleaning company 75 (0.3) 4 5.33 [0.25–10.42]
 Education 147 (0.7) 9 6.12 [2.25–10.00]
 Municipality 16 (0.1) 1 6.25 [0.00–18.11]
 Chemical industry 1025 (4.5) 71 6.93 [5.37–8.48]
 Food industry—meat 14 (0.1) 1 7.14 [0.00–20.63]
 Sports 111 (0.5) 9 8.11 [3.03–13.19]
 Clergy 43 (0.2) 4 9.30 [0.62–17.98]
 Nursing home 757 (3.3) 74 9.78 [7.66–11.89]
 Weaving factory 373 (1.7) 47 12.60 [9.23–15.97]
 Logistics 16 (0.1) 5 31.25 [8.54–53.96]