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. 2022 Sep 16;12:932563. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.932563

Table 2.

Seropositivity associated with behavioral characteristics after the first and second waves of COVID-19.

Variables First wave (%) 95% IC Second wave (%) 95% IC Univariate analysisOR (95% IC) P Multivariate analysisOR (95% IC) P
Total 275 (39.1) 284 (50.1)
Contact with an infected person
 Yes 82 (29.8) 24–35 212 (74.6) 69–79 0.65 (0.44–0.95) 0.0290
 No 189 (68.7) 36–74 61 (21.5) 16–26 (Ref)
 NI 4 (1.5) 11 (3.87)
Social isolation
 Yes 234 (85.1) 80–89 251 (88.4) 84–92 (Ref) (Ref)
 No 39 (14.2) 10–18 21 (7.39) 4–10 1.99 (1.13–3.48) 0.0157 2.12 (1.13–3.94) 0.0184
 NI 2 9 (0.7) 12 (4.23)
Handwashing
 Rarely 24 (8.7) 5–12 16 (5.63) 3–8 1.15 (0.78–2.91) 0.2169
 Many times a day 250 (90.9) 87–94 252 (88.7) 85–92 (Ref)
 NI 1 (0.4) 17 (5.63)
Use of mask
 Sometimes 18 (6.5) 3–9 8 (3.7) 0–4 2.89 (1.12–7.40) 0.0270 3.38 (1.24–9.18) 0.0168
 Always 245 (89.1) 85–92 236 (83.1) 78–87 (Ref) (Ref)
 NI 12 (4.4) 40 (14.1)
Travel history
 Yes 106 (38.5) 32–43 129 (45.4) 39–41 0.69 (0.49–0.97) 0.0346
 No 167 (60.7) 55–66 147 (51.8) 45–57 (Ref)
 NI 2 (0.8) 8 (2.8)

OR, odds ratio; NI, not informed.

Bold means the values are statiscally significant.