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. 2022 Mar 16;118:256–263. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.03.021

Table 1.

Associations of key risk factors with seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 IgG (Zambia, 2020/2021)

Number of participants IgG detected % Adjusted OR * 95%CI P value
All 2,977 401 13.5%
Gender 0.321
 Men 1,246 158 12.7% 1.00
 Women 1,731 243 14.0% 1.12 (0.89-1.41)
Age 0.028
 15-19 761 74 9.7% 1.00
 20-29 960 137 14.3% 1.43 (1.03-1.99)
 30-39 510 73 14.3% 1.47 (1.03-2.09)
 40-49 311 50 16.1% 1.85 (1.24-2.74
 50+ 435 67 15.4% 1.52 (1.05-2.19)
Household size 0.999
6 or more household members 1,601 215 13.4% 1.00
4/5 household members 833 109 13.1% 1.02 (0.77-1.36)
3 members 332 47 14.2% 1.00 (0.69-1.46)
2 members 170 25 14.7% 1.04 (0.65-1.68)
1 member 41 5 12.2% 1.00 (0.36-2.80)
COVID-19 Diagnosed 0.704
 No 2969 399 13.4% 1.00
 Yes 8 2 25.0% 1.37 (0.27-6.92)
Symptoms COVID-19 0.467
No 2925 388 13.3% 1.00
Yes 52 13 25.0% 1.27 (0.67-2.42)
Duration of symptoms COVID-19 0.025
0 days (No symptoms) 2925 387 13.2% 1.00
1-3 days 24 1 4.2% 0.16 (0.01-1.84)
4-6 days 8 3 37.5% 2.06 (0.46-9.20)
7 days or more 20 9 45.0% 3.01 (1.26-7.24)
Reports a current or past case of COVID-19 in household 0.984
No 2966 398 13.4% 1.00
Yes 11 3 27.3% 0.99 (0.22-4.34)
HIV status 0.540
 Tested HIV-negative 1934 270 14.0% 1.00
 Tested HIV-positive 37 3 8.1% 0.45 (0.12-1.67)
 Self-reported HIV-positive 442 62 14.0% 0.85 (0.61-1.19)
 Not tested/tested indeterminate 564 66 11.7% 0.94 (0.67-1.32)
TB 0.918
 No history of TB 2851 384 13.5% 1.00
 Self-reported currently on TB-X 8 0 0.0% NA
 History of TB 110 16 14.5% 1.13 (0.64-1.97)
 Bacteriologically confirmed TB 8 1 12.5% 0.99 (0.17-5.67)
Health Care Worker 0.261
 No 2945 399 13.5% 1.00
 Yes 32 2 6.3% 0.37 (0.07-2.09)
Use public transport past 2 weeks 0.021
 No 898 110 12.2% 1.00
 Yes 2079 291 14.0% 1.32 (1.04-1.69)
Currently smoking 0.060
 No 2705 370 13.7% 1.00
 Sometimes 135 20 14.8% 1.09 (0.64-1.86)
 Daily 137 11 8.0% 0.47 (0.25-0.90)