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. 2021 Aug;111(8):1542–1550. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306351

TABLE 3—

Combined Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 According to Gender, Age, Skin Color, and Schooling: The State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, April 11 to September 6, 2020

Variables Seroprevalence,a % (95% CI) P
Gender .35
 Male 0.54 (0.43, 0.67)
 Female 0.61 (0.51, 0.73)
Age, y .028
 0–19 0.63 (0.38, 0.99)
 20–39 0.61 (0.46, 0.79)
 40–59 0.70 (0.56, 0.87)
 ≥ 60 0.41 (0.30, 0.55)
Skin color .65
 White 0.55 (0.46, 0.65)
 Brown 0.68 (0.48, 0.93)
 Black 0.65 (0.36, 1.08)
Schooling .005
 Primary or less 0.45 (0.34, 0.58)
 Secondary 0.76 (0.60, 0.94)
 University or higher 0.56 (0.43, 0.71)

Note. CI = confidence interval; SARS-CoV-2 = severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

a

Combined seroprevalence: number of positive tests across the 8 rounds divided by the number of tests performed across the 8 rounds.