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. 2022 Feb 2;226(2):225–235. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiac029

Table 4.

Relative Risk of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection in Healthcare Worker Contacts by Select Factorsa

Factor no./No. (%) Univariate Model Multivariate Model
RR (95% CI) P Value RR (95% CI) P Value
Daily county incidence per resident (log10) 0.89 (.33–2.39) .812 0.84 (.28–2.49) .749
Randomization arm
 Ascorbic acid 4/59 (6.8) ref
 Hydroxychloroquine 8/63 (12.7) 1.87 (.51–6.83) .342 Not included
Age (in decades) 1.19 (.67–2.11) .562 Not included
Sex recorded at birth
 Female 9/85 (10.6) ref
 Male 3/37 (8.1) 0.77 (.24–2.44) .652 Not included
Race/ethnicity
 White (non-Hispanic) 7/82 (8.5) ref
 Hispanic 2/12 (16.7) 1.95 (.46–8.30) .365
 Asian 3/15 (20.0) 2.34 (.61–8.96) .214
 Black or African American 0/8 (0) 0.00 (.00–.00) <.0001∗∗∗
 Other 0/5 (0) 0.00 (.00–.00) <.0001∗∗∗ Not included
Highest level of education
 High school graduate or GED 2/4 (50.0) ref
 More than high school 10/118 (8.5) 0.17 (.04–.65) .010 Not included
Contact smokes
 No 10/112 (8.9) ref
 Yes 2/10 (20.0) 2.24 (.56–9.01) .256 Not included
No. of suspected index cases
 1 1/41 (2.4) ref ref
 2 4/14 (28.6) 11.71 (1.41–97.02) .023 8.18 (1.26–53.32) .028
 >2 7/67 (10.4) 4.28 (.55–33.57) .166 1.92 (.34–11.03) .463
Hours of exposure to index case
 ≤2 1/57 (1.8) ref ref
 3–12 5/34 (14.7) 8.38 (1.02–68.81) .048 7.82 (1.09–56.21) .041
 >12 6/31 (19.4) 11.03 (1.34–90.55) .025 11.81 (2.00–69.70) .006∗∗
Housing type
 House/condo/townhouse 10/94 (10.6) ref
 Apartment 1/22 (4.5) 0.43 (.06–3.20) .408
 Dormitory/fraternity/sorority 1/1 (100.0) 9.40 (5.03–17.57) <.0001∗∗∗
 Other 0/5 (0) 0.00 (.00–.00) <.0001∗∗∗ Not included
Bedrooms in household
 0–1 1/16 (6.2) ref
 2 1/26 (3.8) 0.62 (.04–9.17) .725
 3 5/45 (11.1) 1.78 (.22–14.10) .586
 >3 5/34 (14.7) 2.35 (.29–19.18) .424 Not included
Bathrooms in household
 1 2/36 (5.6) ref
 2 4/43 (9.3) 1.67 (.32–8.63) .538
 >2 6/42 (14.3) 2.57 (.53–12.37) .239 Not included

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; GED, General Educational Development; RR, relative risk.

Only variables with a P < .01, a size of at least 5 per group, and at least 1 infected contact per group were included in the multivariate model.

P < .05, ∗∗P < .01, ∗∗∗P < .001.