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. 2022 Nov;22(11):1577–1586. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00451-0

Table 1.

Participant characteristics during the omicron-dominant period in Brazil and Scotland

Brazil
Scotland
Cases (n=150 291) Controls (n=204 775) Cases (n=26 177) Controls (n=19 594)
Age, years
12 22 623 (15·1%) 30 263 (14·8%) 4539 (17·3%) 3441 (17·6%)
13 20 936 (13·9%) 31 189 (15·2%) 4277 (16·3%) 3626 (18·5%)
14 22 838 (15·2%) 31 949 (15·6%) 4287 (16·4%) 3445 (17·6%)
15 25 614 (17·0%) 35 606 (17·4%) 4184 (16·0%) 3199 (16·3%)
16 28 402 (18·9%) 37 636 (18·4%) 4507 (17·2%) 3156 (16·1%)
17 29 878 (19·9%) 38 132 (18·6%) 4383 (16·7%) 2727 (13·9%)
Sex
Female 82 880 (55·1%) 109 217 (53·3%) 14 271 (54·5%) 10 423 (53·2%)
Male 67 411 (44·9%) 95 558 (46·7%) 11 906 (45·5%) 9171 (46·8%)
Deprivation index, quintile*
1 45 618 (30·4%) 74 089 (36·2%) 6261 (23·9%) 3986 (20·3%)
2 27 546 (18·3%) 37 674 (18·4%) 5497 (21·0%) 3818 (19·5%)
3 30 011 (20·0%) 36 818 (18·0%) 4586 (17·5%) 3494 (17·8%)
4 28 759 (19·1%) 31 295 (15·3%) 4928 (18·8%) 4091 (20·9%)
5 18 357 (12·2%) 24 899 (12·2%) 4905 (18·7%) 4205 (21·5%)
Number of comorbidities
0 146 174 (97·3%) 197 309 (96·4%) 21 350 (81·6%) 15 568 (79·5%)
1 3973 (2·6%) 7275 (3·6%) 4390 (16·8%) 3610 (18·4%)
≥2 144 (0·1%) 191 (0·1%) 437 (1·7%) 416 (2·1%)
Previous confirmed infection
No 146 843 (97·7%) 195 295 (95·4%) 24 943 (95·3%) 17 783 (90·8%)
Yes, in the previous 3–6 months 460 (0·3%) 1254 (0·6%) 129 (0·5%) 166 (0·8%)
Yes, more than 6 months previous 2988 (2·0%) 8226 (4·0%) 1105 (4·2%) 1645 (8·4%)
Admitted to hospital
No 149 731 (99·6%) 203 980 (99·6%) 26 077 (99·6%) 19 544 (99·7%)
Yes 560 (0·4%) 795 (0·4%) 100 (0·4%) 50 (0·3%)
Died
No 150 237 (>99·9%) 204 725 (>99·9%) 26 177 (100%) 19 594 (100%)
Yes 54 (<0·1%) 50 (<0·1%) 0 0
*

Deprivation was measured using the Índice Brasileiro de Privação21 in Brazil and the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation in Scotland.22