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. 2021 Sep 21;18(18):9928. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18189928

Table 5.

Characteristics of the respondents in univariate analyses and multivariate binary logistics regression model in relation to the recruitment mode as dependent variable.

Binary Logistic Regression-Dependent Variable: Mode of Recruitment
(Random = 0 vs. Self-Selected = 1)
Explanatory variables Univariable Multivariable
OR 95% CI p OR 95% CI p
Age 0.99 0.98 to 0.99 * 0.98 0.98 to 0.99 *
Body mass index 0.99 0.98 to 1.00 NS X X X
IgM ratio 0.99 0.90 to 1.09 NS X X X
IgG ratio 1.20 1.14 to 1.26 * 1.08 1.03 to 1.15 *
Gender male vs. female 0.70 0.61 to 0.80 * 0.76 0.64 to 0.89 *
Comorbidities Yes vs. No 0.68 0.57 to 0.81 * 0.90 0.71 to 1.12 NS
Month of serological examination
November vs. October 38.09 28.75 to 51.35 * 35.52 26.48 to 48.78 *
December vs. October 361.41 218.45 to 624.13 * 411.58 246.24 to 727.09 *
Professional activity
Has a job vs. has no job 2.01 1.77 to 2.31 * 1.92 1.62 to 2.28 *
Works and studies vs. has no job 3.60 1.75 to 8.70 * 2.53 1.13 to 6.80 0.039
Contact with a confirmed COVID-19 case
No vs. do not know 0.61 0.52 to 0.73 * 0.67 0.55 to 0.83 *
Yes vs. do not know 2.36 1.89 to 2.95 * 1.49 1.15 to 1.95 0.002
Post-contact test
No vs. do not know 0.98 0.60 to 1.54 NS X X X
Yes vs. do not know 1.39 0.84 to 2.26 NS X X X
Vaccinated against tuberculosis
No vs. do not know 0.79 0.60 to 1.03 0.08 0.98 0.69 to 1.40 NS
Yes vs. do not know 1.54 1.31 to 1.80 * 1.43 1.18 to 1.75 *
Vaccinated against seasonalinfluenza last year
No vs. do not know 1.16 0.38 to 3.00 NS X X X
Yes vs. do not know 1.79 0.57 to 4.69 NS X X X

Legend: OR—odds ratio; CI—confidence interval; p—level of significance; *—p-value ≤ 0.001; NS—p-value > 0.1; X—not included in the multivariable model.