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. 2021 Sep 15;4(9):e2124116. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.24116

Table 1. Sociodemographic and Health-Related Risk Factors for TMA and IgG Positivity Among Farmworkers, Monterey County, 2020.

Attribute Individuals, No. (%)a
All enrolled (N = 1107) SARS-CoV-2 infection
TMA positive (n = 911) IgG positive (n = 1058)
Yes (n = 118) No (n = 793) Yes (n = 201) No (n = 857)
Recruitment site
Clinics 561 (50.7) 95 (18.4)b 420 (81.6) 97 (18.4) 429 (81.6)
Community outreach 546 (49.3) 23 (5.8) 373 (94.2) 104 (19.5) 428 (80.5)
Agricultural work in the preceding 2 weeks
No 193 (17.4) NA NA 45 (23.3)c 148 (76.7)
Yes 914 (82.6) 118 (13.0) 793 (87.0) 156 (18.0) 709 (82.0)
Sex
Female 581 (52.5) 60 (13.0) 400 (87.0) 99 (18.1) 448 (81.9)
Male 526 (47.5) 58 (12.9) 393 (87.1) 102 (20.0) 409 (80.0)
Age, y
Mean (SD) 39.7 (12.6) 39.6 (11.0) 39.6 (12.4) 39.6 (12.3) 39.6 (12.6)
18-29 275 (24.8) 27 (12.0) 198 (88.0) 43 (16.3)c 220 (83.7)
30-39 271 (24.5) 29 (12.9) 195 (87.1) 59 (22.5) 203 (77.5)
40-49 297 (26.8) 42 (16.4) 214 (83.6) 59 (20.8) 225 (79.2)
50-59 198 (17.9) 16 (10.2) 141 (89.8) 27 (14.5) 159 (85.5)
≥60 66 (6.0) 4 (8.2) 45 (91.8) 13 (20.6) 50 (79.4)
Education
≤Primary school 488 (44.1) 63 (15.4)b 346 (84.6) 100 (21.2)d 372 (78.8)
>More than primary school 618 (55.8) 55 (11.0) 446 (89.0) 101 (17.3) 484 (82.7)
No answer 1 (0.1) 0 1 (100.0) 0 1 (100.0)
Marital status
Not married or living as married 409 (36.9) 50 (15.3)d 277 (84.7) 69 (17.8) 319 (82.2)
Married or living as married 697 (63.0) 67 (11.5) 516 (88.5) 132 (19.7) 537 (80.3)
No answer 1 (0.1) 1 (100.0) 0 0 1 (100.0)
Annual household income, $
<25 000 557 (50.3) 66 (14.5) 390 (85.5) 101 (18.8) 435 (81.2)
≥25 000 494 (44.6) 48 (11.6) 367 (88.4) 86 (18.5) 380 (81.5)
No answer 56 (5.1) 4 (10.0) 36 (90.0) 14 (25.0) 42 (75.0)
Language spoken at home
English 57 (5.1) 0 (0.0) 42 (100.0) 12 (21.8) 43 (78.2)
Indigenous 110 (9.9) 22 (22.7) 75 (77.3) 23 (21.5) 84 (78.5)
Spanish 940 (84.9) 96 (12.4)b 676 (87.6) 166 (18.5) 730 (81.5)
No answer 0 0 0 0 0
Country of birth
Mexico 922 (83.3) 104 (13.5)d 669 (86.5) 163 (18.4) 721 (81.6)
United States 141 (12.7) 7 (7.0) 93 (93.0) 31 (23.0) 104 (77.0)
Other 44 (4.0) 7 (18.4) 31 (81.6) 7 (18.0) 32 (82.1)
Time in United States, y
Mean (SD) 21.3 (11.1) 20.2 (10.9) 21.0 (11.2) 21.3 (10.6) 21.2 (11.3)
<15 262 (23.7) 38 (16.5)d 193 (83.5) 46 (18.0)d 209 (82.0)
15-19 191 (17.3) 17 (10.4) 147 (89.6) 44 (24.0) 139 (76.0)
20-29 296 (26.7) 34 (13.5) 218 (86.5) 49 (17.4) 232 (82.6)
≥30 216 (19.5) 22 (13.4) 142 (86.6) 31 (15.3) 172 (84.7)
Entire life 141 (12.7) 7 (7.0) 93 (93.0) 31 (23.0) 104 (77.0)
No answer 1 (0.1) 0 0 0 1 (100.0)
Community of residence
Salinas 486 (43.9) 40 (10.4)b 343 (89.6) 99 (21.2)b 369 (78.8)
Greenfield 315 (28.5) 56 (19.8) 227 (80.2) 63 (21.2) 234 (78.8)
Other town 306 (27.6) 22 (9.0) 223 (91.0) 39 (13.3) 254 (86.7)
Smoking
Never 899 (81.2) 99 (13.6) 630 (86.4) 157 (18.4) 698 (81.6)
Former 158 (14.3) 16 (11.4) 124 (88.6) 36 (23.4) 118 (76.6)
Current 49 (4.4) 3 (7.3) 38 (92.7) 8 (16.7) 40 (83.3)
No answer 1 (0.1) 0 1 (100.0) 0 1 (100.0)
BMI
Mean (SD) 29.7 (5.5) 29.2 (4.7) 29.7 (5.6) 30.4 (5.4)b 29.4 (5.5
Underweight or normal, <25 197 (17.8) 18 (10.8) 149 (89.2) 24 (12.5)b 168 (87.5)
Overweight, 25.0-29.9 421 (38.0) 45 (13.0) 302 (87.0) 75 (18.6) 329 (81.4)
Obesity, ≥30 461 (41.6) 49 (13.1) 326 (86.9) 95 (21.7) 342 (78.3)
Not collected 28 (2.5) 6 (27.3) 16 (72.7) 7 (28.0) 18 (72.0)
Self-reported hypertension
No 954 (86.2) 106 (13.5) 680 (86.5) 171 (18.7) 744 (81.3)
Yes 149 (13.5) 12 (9.8) 110 (90.2) 29 (20.9) 110 (79.1)
No answer 4 (0.4) 0 3 (100.0) 1 (25.0) 3 (75.0)
Self-reported diabetes
No 977 (88.3) 109 (13.6)d 694 (86.4) 172 (18.4)d 762 (81.6)
Yes 126 (11.4) 9 (8.6) 96 (91.4) 28 (23.3) 92 (76.7)
No answer 4 (0.4) 0 3 (100.0) 1 (25.0) 3 (75.0)

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared); IgG, immunoglobulin G; NA, not applicable; TMA, transcription-mediated amplification.

a

Missing entries were excluded from bivariate analyses.

b

P < .05.

c

P < .10.

d

P < .20.