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. 2022 Nov 21;12(11):e066653. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066653

Table 2.

Crude, weighted and test adjusted over weighted prevalence (95% CI) of SARS-CoV-2 antibody by sex across covariates, FDMN population, Bangladesh December 2020 (N=3446)

Variable Count Unweighted Weighted* Weight and test adjusted†
Positive/total % (95% CI) % (95% CI) % (95% CI)
Age, years
 All 2090/3446 60.7 (59.0 to 62.3) 57.4 (55.2 to 59.7) 48.3 (45.3 to 51.4)
 1–17 547/1054 51.9 (48.8 to 55.0) 49.4 (45.6 to 53.2) 38.6 (33.8 to 43.4)
 18–94 1543/2392 64.5 (62.6 to 66.4)‡ 65.5 (63.2 to 67.8)‡ 58.1 (55.2 to 61.1)‡
Sex
 Female 1162/1906 61.0 (58.7 to 63.2) 57.4 (54.2 to 60.6) 48.3 (44.2 to 52.3)
 Male 928/1540 60.3 (57.8 to 62.7) 57.4 (54.2 to 60.6) 48.3 (44.2 to 52.3)
Education§ (n=3160)
 No formal education 1147/1847 62.1 (59.8 to 64.3) 61.7 (58.8 to 64.5) 53.5 (49.8 to 57.1)
 Any education 842/1313 64.1 (61.5 to 66.7) 61.8 (58.3 to 65.2) 53.6 (49.2 to 57.9)
Camp location
 Teknaf 261/455 57.4 (52.7 to 62.0) 54.8 (48.9 to 60.6) 45.1 (37.8 to 52.2)
 Ukhiya 1829/2991 61.2 (59.4 to 62.9) 58.0 (55.5 to 60.4) 49.0 (45.8 to 52.2)
Smoking¶ (n=2392)
 No 1240/1879 66.0 (63.8 to 68.1) 67.5 (64.9 to 70.0) 60.5 (57.3 to 63.7)
 Yes 303/513 59.1 (54.7 to 63.4)‡ 59.1 (53.9 to 64.2)‡ 50.4 (43.9 to 56.6)‡
BCG vaccination
 No 306/472 64.8 (60.3 to 69.1) 58.8 (52.7 to 64.7) 50.0 (42.5 to 57.3)
 Yes 1784/2974 60.0 (58.2 to 61.8)‡ 57.2 (54.7 to 59.6) 48.0 (44.8 to 51.2)
Any relevant symptoms**
 No symptom 1282/2172 59.0 (56.9 to 61.1) 55.3 (52.3 to 58.2) 45.7 (41.9 to 49.5)
 Any symptom 808/1274 63.4 (60.7 to 66.1)‡ 61.2 (57.7 to 64.6)‡ 52.9 (48.5 to 57.2)‡
Any comorbidity††
 No comorbidity 1800/3016 59.7 (57.9 to 61.4) 56.5 (54.0 to 58.9) 47.2 (43.9 to 50.4)
 Any comorbidity 290/430 67.4 (62.8 to 71.9)‡ 65.2 (59.2 to 70.7)‡ 57.8 (50.4 to 64.5)‡

*Weighted to FDMN population size (n=8 60 697) and distribution published by Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner and United Nations High Commissioner for Refuge, 2020.

†Rogan-Gladen formula was used to adjust seroprevalence estimates to account for test sensitivity and specificity of Wantai kits validated by Kantaro.27

‡P<0.05 for comparisons between seropositives and categorical factors.

§Among those age ≥6 years.

¶Among those age ≥18 years.

**Symptoms include fever, cough, dyspnoea, anosmia, chills, fatigue, sore throat, headache, ageusia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, wheezing, chest pain, rhinorrhoea, conjunctivitis, other respiratory, muscle aches, myalgia, rash, loss of appetite, nosebleed, seizures.

††Comorbidities include cancer, diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, asthma, chronic lung disease, chronic liver disease, thalassaemia or other chronic haematological disorder, chronic kidney disease, chronic neurological impairment, bone marrow disease.

FDMN, Forcibly Displaced Myanmar National.