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. 2021 Dec 28;116:138–146. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.12.356

Table 3.

Seropositivity by characteristics and time period

Demographics Categories Seropositivity, n/N (%)
End of wave 1 End of wave 2 Overall
Subpopulation Rural 81/302 (26.8) 307/454 (67.6) 388/756 (51.3)
Urban slum 136/311 (43.7) 251/334 (75.1) 387/645 (60.0)
Urban affluent 73/295 (24.7) 204/239 (85.4) 277/534 (51.9)
Healthcare workers 101/320 (31.6) 170/178 (95.5) 271/498 (54.4)
Age < 20 years 75/237 (31.6) 162/217 (74.7) 237/454 (52.2)
21–40 years 166/540 (30.7) 385/477 (80.7) 551/1017 (54.2)
41–60 years 105/317 (33.1) 294/381 (77.2) 399/698 (57.2)
> 60 years 45/134 (33.6) 91/130 (70.0) 136/264 (51.5)
Gender Male 168/558 (30.1) 379/497 (76.3) 547/1,055 (51.8)
Female 223/670 (33.3) 553/708 (78.1) 776/1378 (56.3)
Education Graduate 161/534 (30.1) 307/344 (89.2) 468/878 (53.3)
Primary to high school* 199/616 (32.3) 552/745 (74.1) 751/1361 (55.2)
Illiterate 31/78 (39.7) 73/116 (62.9) 104/194 (53.6)
Occupation Professional 94/332 (28.3) 170/182 (93.4) 264/514 (51.4)
Semi-professional 31/109 (28.4) 111/122 (91.0) 142/231 (61.5)
Skilled worker 71/214 (33.2) 222/314 (70.7) 293/528 (55.5)
Unskilled/daily wage laborers 29/63 (46.0) 71/111 (64.0) 100/174 (57.5)
Housewife/unemployed/student 166/510 (32.5) 358/476 (75.2) 524/985 (53.1)
Socioeconomic class Upper 41/197 (20.8) 106/116 (91.4) 147/313 (47.0)
Middle 188/554 (33.9) 319/369 (86.4) 507/923 (54.9)
Lower 162/477 (34.0) 507/720 (70.4) 669/1197 (55.9)
Smoking habit Smoker 14/38 (36.8) 0/0 (NA) 14/38 (36.8)
Non-smoker 377/1190 (31.7) 932/1205 (77.3) 1309/2395 (54.7)
Alcohol Consumption Alcohol consumer 14/41 (34.1) 2/2 (100.0) 16/43 (37.2)
Non-consumer 377/1187 (31.8) 930/1203 (77.3) 1307/2390 (54.7)
Comorbidities No comorbidities 301/989 (30.4) 749/976 (76.7) 1050/1965 (53.4)
Diabetes 33/70 (47.1) 56/72 (77.8) 89/142 (62.7)
Hypertension 28/70 (40.0) 54/65 (83.1) 82/135 (60.7)
Asthma/chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 3/30 (10.0) 12/14 (85.7) 15/44 (34.1)
CAD/heart disease 3/4 (75.0) 6/8 (75.0) 9/12 (75)
Any two or more comorbidities 23/65 (35.4) 55/70 (78.6) 78/135 (57.8)
Presence of symptoms** Yes 120/339 (35.4) 210/249 (84.3) 330/588 (56.1)
No 271/889 (30.5) 722/956 (75.5) 993/1845 (53.8)
Close contact with confirmed cases Yes 102/320 (31.9) 171/182 (94.0) 273/502 (54.4)
No 289/908 (31.8) 761/1023 (74.4) 1050/1931 (54.4)
Mask usage in public places Cloth 218/645 (33.8) 552/769 (71.8) 770/1414 (54.5)
Surgical 148/473 (31.3) 333/382 (87.2) 481/855 (56.3)
N95 25/110 (22.7) 47/54 (87.0) 72/164 (43.9)

*< 12 years of formal education

**Suggestive of recent respiratory infection in the last 6 months