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. 2022 Jan 25;84(4):542–550. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2022.01.012

Table 1.

SARS-CoV-2 primary infection and possible reinfection by sex, age, ethnicity in the population crude and adjusted odds ratio, January 2020 until April 2021, England.

COVID-19 infections
Variable Category Primary infections n(%) Reinfections n(%) Crude OR(95% CI) Adjusted* OR(95% CI) LRT p-value
Sex n = 3845,990 Women 2050,929 (53.52) 9316 (67.28) 1 1
Men 1781,214 (46.48) 4531 (32.72) 0.56 (0.54–0.58) 0.58 (0.56–0.60) p<0.0001
Age group (Years) n = 3865,600 <20 587,044 (15.24) 866 (6.20) 0.48 (0.44–0.52) 0.49 (0.45–0.53)
20 to 29 705,245 (18.31) 2178 (15.61) 1 1
30 to 39 687,201 (17.84) 2151 (15.41) 1.01 (0.95–1.08) 1.02 (0.96–1.08)
40 to 49 599,209 (15.56) 2070 (014.83) 1.12 (1.05–1.19) 1.12 (1.06–1.19)
50 to 59 573,819 (14.90) 2326 (16.67) 1.31 (1.24–1.39) 1.33 (1.25–1.41)
60 to 69 307,054 (7.97) 1250 (8.96) 1.32 (1.23–1.41) 1.35 (1.26–1.45)
70 to 79 173,946 (4.52) 902 (6.46) 1.68 (1.56–1.82) 1.73 (1.60–1.87)
80+ 218,125 5.66) 2214 (15.86) 3.29 (3.10–3.49) 3.19 (3.01–3.39)
Ethnicity n = 3016,037 Asian 453,519 (15.10) 1648 (12.39) 0.79 (0.75–0.83) 0.59
Black 131,234 (4.37) 576 (4.33) 0.95 (0.87–1.03)
Mixed 71,850 (2.39) 202 (1.52) 0.61 (0.53–0.70)
Other 56,741 (1.89) 282 (2.12) 1.07 (0.95–1.21)
White 2289,391 (76.24) 10,594 (79.64) 1

Odd ratios adjusted for all variable in table provided the p-value for the likelihood ratio test is <0.05.