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. 2022 Jun 13;8(6):e37327. doi: 10.2196/37327

Table 1.

COVID-19 testing in the Biobank among survey respondents.

Characteristics Total respondents (N=25,063) Tested (N=10,661) Not tested (N=14,402) P valuea


Tested positive (N=1366) Tested negative (N=9295) P valueb Respondents P valuec

Age (years), mean (SD) 55.0 (15.8) 48.9 (14.6) 53.7 (15.6) <.001 56.5 (15.8) <.001 <.001
Age (years), n (%) <.001 N/Ad <.001 <.001

18-29 1503 (6.0) 146 (10.7) 619 (6.7) N/A 738 (5.1) N/A N/A

30-64 15,049 (60.0) 1000 (73.2) 5890 (63.4) N/A 8159 (56.7) N/A N/A

65+ 8511 (34.0) 220 (16.1) 2786 (30.0) N/A 5505 (38.2) N/A N/A
Sex, n (%) .09 N/A <.001 <.001

Female 15,695 (62.6) 902 (66.0) 5915 (63.6) N/A 8878 (61.6) N/A N/A

Male 9368 (37.4) 464 (34.0) 3380 (36.4) N/A 5524 (38.4) N/A N/A
Race/ethnicity, n (%) <.001 N/A <.001 <.001

Non-Hispanic White 21,916 (87.4) 1117 (81.8) 8072 (86.8) N/A 12,727 (88.4) N/A N/A

Non-Hispanic Black 308 (1.2) 24.0 (1.8) 133 (1.4) N/A 151 (1.0) N/A N/A

Hispanic 1272 (5.1) 125 (9.2) 528 (5.7) N/A 619 (4.3) N/A N/A

Other 1567 (6.3) 100 (7.3) 562 (6.0) N/A 905 (6.3) N/A N/A
Bachelor’s degree, n (%) <.001
.13 <.001

Yes 19407 (77.4) 973 (71.2) 7219 (77.7) N/A 11,215 (77.9) N/A N/A

No 5482 (21.9) 381 (27.9) 2008 (21.6) N/A 3093 (21.5) N/A N/A

Unknown 174 (0.7) 12.0 (0.9) 68.0 (0.7) N/A 94.0 (0.7) N/A N/A
Number of acute symptoms, mean (SD) 0.261 (1.05) 2.09 (2.61) 0.393 (1.15) <.001 0.00222 (0.0897) <.001 <.001
Number of comorbidities, mean (SD) 1.51 (1.38) 1.46 (1.46) 1.59 (1.44) .004 1.46 (1.32) <.001 <.001
Health status, n (%) <.001 N/A <.001 <.001

Excellent 5664 (22.6) 235 (17.2) 1993 (21.4) N/A 3436 (23.9) N/A N/A

Very good 10,532 (42.0) 444 (32.5) 3784 (40.7) N/A 6304 (43.8) N/A N/A

Good 6558 (26.2) 440 (32.2) 2527 (27.2) N/A 3591 (24.9) N/A N/A

Fair 1859 (7.4) 196 (14.3) 793 (8.5) N/A 870 (6.0) N/A N/A

Poor 323 (1.3) 45.0 (3.3) 151 (1.6) N/A 127 (0.9) N/A N/A

Unknown 127 (0.5) 6.00 (0.4) 47.0 (0.5) N/A 74.0 (0.5) N/A N/A
Questionnaire version, n (%) <.001 N/A <.001 <.001

1-Summer-fall 2020 14,814 (59.1) 410 (30.0) 3718 (40.0) N/A 10,686 (74.2) N/A N/A

2-Summer-fall 2021 10,249 (40.9) 956 (70.0) 5577 (60.0) N/A 3716 (25.8) N/A N/A
EHRe COVID-19 case, n (%) <.001 N/A <.001 <.001

Yes 717 (2.9) 519 (38.0) 125 (1.3) N/A 73.0 (0.5) N/A N/A

No 24,346 (97.1) 847 (62.0) 9170 (98.7) N/A 14,329 (99.5) N/A N/A
Household member tested positive, n (%) <.001 N/A <.001 <.001

No 19,472 (77.7) 482 (35.3) 7268 (78.2) N/A 11,722 (81.4) N/A N/A

Yes 1519 (6.1) 691 (50.6) 517 (5.6) N/A 311 (2.2) N/A N/A

Unknown 4072 (16.2) 193 (14.1) 1510 (16.2) N/A 2369 (16.4) N/A N/A
Genetic data, n (%) .17 N/A <.001 <.001

No 20,182 (80.5) 1157 (84.7) 7732 (83.2) N/A 11,293 (78.4) N/A N/A

Yes 4881 (19.5) 209 (15.3) 1563 (16.8) N/A 3109 (21.6) N/A N/A

aFrom chi-square or ANOVA, comparing tested positive versus tested negative versus not tested.

bFrom chi-square or ANOVA, comparing tested positive versus tested negative.

cFrom chi-square or ANOVA, comparing tested versus not tested.

dN/A: not applicable.

eEHR: electronic health record.