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. 2022 Aug 10;17(8):e0264667. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0264667

Table 4. Possible predictors for decreased antibodies after 10 to 12 months compared with increased, unchanged and antibody ≥ 10 using univariate analysis adjusted for age and sex, and multivariate analysis adjusted for all variables.

Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis
OR 2.5% 97.5% p-value OR 2.5% 97.5% p-value
Age (numeric) 0.97 0.94 0.99 0.01 0.97 0.93 1.00 0.030
Gender Female ref ref
Male 0.92 0.46 1.85 0.81 0.77 0.32 1.85 0.563
BMI kg/m 2 < 25 ref ref
≥ 25 2.34 1.06 5.42 0.04 2.15 0.9 5.41 0.093
Education Below University ref ref
University < 4 years 0.79 0.35 1.76 0.57 0.60 0.23 1.50 0.278
University ≥ 4 years 0.83 0.30 2.15 0.71 0.50 0.14 1.62 0.265
Income Norwegian kroner < 500 000 ref ref
500 000–1000 000 0.47 0.16 1.41 0.17 0.61 0.19 2.12 0.425
> 1000 000 0.62 0.23 1.77 0.35 0.82 0.25 2.87 0.743
Smoking Non-smoker ref ref
Past smoker 0.37 0.12 0.96 0.06 0.34 0.11 0.93 0.049
Daily and occasional smoker 0.37 0.06 1.46 0.21 0.37 0.05 1.62 0.240
Symptoms
Symptoms scorea (numeric) 1.0 0.85 1.08 0.48 0.97 0.84 1.11 0.612
Dyspnoea No ref
Yes 1.02 0.50 2.08 0.97 not included
Fever with chills/sweating No ref
Yes 0.33 0.13 0.75 0.01 not included
Abdominal pain/diarrhoea/ nausea No ref
Yes 1.69 0.78 3.59 0.18 not included
Loss of smell and taste No ref
Yes 1.17 0.53 2.74 0.71 not included
Comorbidity score a 1.02 0.61 1.62 0.93 1.08 0.61 1.84 0.774

a Total symptom and comorbidity scores were calculated by adding the number of symptoms or comorbidities for each participant, and used instead of single variables in the multivariate analysis.