Table. Characteristics of gold miners by active SARS-CoV-2 infection status, Cacao, French Guiana, May–June 2021*.
| Characteristic | Total, no. (%) |
Acute SARS-CoV-2 infection |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | Total % | p value | |||
| All participants |
44 |
20 |
24 |
54.6 |
|
|
| Mean age |
44 |
51.9 |
54.5 |
|
0.88 |
|
| Immune status | ||||||
| Fully vaccinated, 2 doses | 25 (56.8) | 10 | 15 | 60.0 | 0.20 | |
| Vaccinated, 1 dose | 9 (20.5) | 3 | 6 | 66.7 | ||
| History of COVID-19, vaccinated 1 dose | 3 (6.8) | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| History of COVID-19, not vaccinated | 3 (6.8) | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Neither vaccinated nor history |
4 (9.1) |
1 |
3 |
75.0 |
|
|
| History of previous COVID-19 | ||||||
| Y | 6 (8.9) | 6 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.004 | |
| N |
38 (86.4) |
14 |
24 |
63.2 |
|
|
| Sex | ||||||
| M | 42 (95.4) | 18 | 24 | 57.1 | 0,11 | |
| F |
2 (4.5) |
2 |
0 |
0.0 |
|
|
| Age, y | ||||||
| <55 | 24 (54.5) | 11 | 12 | 52.2 | 0.74 | |
|
>55 |
20 (45.4) |
9 |
12 |
57.1 |
|
|
| Country of birth | ||||||
| Brazil | 34 (77.3) | 16 | 18 | 52.9 | ||
| Surinam | 6 (13.6) | 2 | 4 | 66.7 | ||
| Haiti | 2 (4.5) | 1 | 1 | |||
| Guyana | 1 (2.3) | 0 | 1 | |||
| France |
1 (2.3) |
1 |
0 |
|
|
|
| Occupation | ||||||
| Laborer | 20 (45.4) | 8 | 12 | 60.0 | 0.73 | |
| Operator | 17 (38.6) | 8 | 9 | 52.9 | ||
| Other |
7 (15.9) |
4 |
3 |
42.9 |
|
|
| Eat alone | ||||||
| Y | 7 (15.9) | 5 | 2 | 28.6 | 0.13 | |
| N |
37 (84.1) |
15 |
22 |
59.5 |
|
|
| Live alone | ||||||
| Y | 28 (63.6) | 15 | 13 | 46.4 | 0.13 | |
| N |
16 (36.4) |
5 |
11 |
68.8 |
|
|
| Contact outside the mine in the previous 2 weeks | ||||||
| Y | 26 (60.5) | 10 | 16 | 61.5 | 0.35 | |
| N |
17 (39.5) |
9 |
8 |
47.1 |
|
|
| Underlying conditions | ||||||
| Hypertension | 11 (25.0) | 5 | 6 | 54.6 | 1.00 | |
| Diabetes | 4 (9.1) | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 0.85 | |
| Obesity | 4 (9.1) | 2 | 2 | 50,0 | 0.85 | |
| Cardiac insufficiency | 3 (8.3) |
1 | 2 | 66.7 | 0.62 | |
*We defined acute SARS-CoV-2 infection in participants as having a positive SARS-CoV-2 antigenic or PCR test in June 2021, symptomatic or not. Of the 24 with acute infection, 21 were symptomatic and 3 asymptomatic infections. p value indicates degree of significance. COVID-19, coronavirus disease; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.