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. 2021 Mar 17;5(6):417–427. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(21)00061-4

Table 3.

Risk factors for antibody positivity in staff participating in school surveillance during the summer half-term (June to mid-July, 2020)

Antibody positive
Univariable analysis (n=1381)
Complete case univariable analysis adjusted for clustering by school (n=1307)
Multivariable analysis adjusted for clustering by school (p=0·0002; n=1307)
n/N (%) OR (95% CI) p value* OR (95% CI) p value* OR (95% CI) p value*
Sex .. .. 0·066 .. 0·11 .. 0·20
Female 158/1107 (14·3%) 1 (ref) .. 1 (ref) .. 1 (ref) ..
Male 51/272 (18·8%) 1·39 (0·98–1·96) .. 1·36 (0·94–1·96) .. 1·28 (0·88–1·87) ..
Missing 0/2 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Ethnicity .. .. 0·0004 .. 0·0028 .. 0·018
White 140/1048 (13·4%) 1 (ref) .. 1 (ref) .. 1 (ref) ..
Mixed or multiple ethnic groups 13/49 (26·5%) 2·34 (1·21–4·53) .. 2·32 (1·15–4·67) .. 1·99 (0·98–4·04) ..
Black or Black British 22/71 (31·0%) 2·91 (1·71–4·96) .. 2·78 (1·56–4·94) .. 2·49 (1·38–4·46) ..
Asian or Asian British 26/163 (16·0%) 1·23 (0·78–1·94) .. 1·22 (0·73–2·02) .. 1·16 (0·69–1·95) ..
Other ethnic group 5/31 (16·1%) 1·25 (0·47–3·30) .. 1·43 (0·51–4·02) .. 1·39 (0·49–3·93) ..
Missing 3/19 (15·8%) NA NA NA NA NA NA
Region .. .. 0·0003 .. 0·051 .. 0·085
Derby 8/133 (6·0%) 0·27 (0·13–0·57) .. 0·26 (0·10–0·69) .. 0·27 (0·10–0·73) ..
East London 84/489 (17·2%) 0·87 (0·62–1·22) .. 0·81 (0·47–1·42) .. 0·70 (0·39–1·24) ..
Manchester 29/257 (11·3%) 0·53 (0·34–0·84) .. 0·55 (0·28–1·09) .. 0·55 (0·28–1·09) ..
North London 83/431 (19·3%) 1 (ref) .. 1 (ref) .. 1 (ref) ..
Oxford 5/71 (7·0%) 0·32 (0·12–0·81) .. 0·40 (0·09–1·81) .. 0·48 (0·11–2·14) ..
Attended school during lockdown .. .. 0·048 .. 0·21 .. 0·20
No 41/203 (20·2%) 1 (ref) .. 1 (ref) .. 1 (ref) ..
Yes 164/1116 (14·7%) 0·68 (0·47–1·00) .. 0·77 (0·50–1·16) .. 0·73 (0·48–1·12) ..
Missing 4/62 (6·5%) NA NA NA NA NA NA
Frequency of school attendance during lockdown .. .. 0·14 .. .. .. ..
Only home 41/203 (20·2%) 1 (ref) .. .. .. .. ..
Mainly home 66/502 (13·1%) 0·60 (0·39–0·92) .. .. .. .. ..
Equal school and home 53/318 (16·7%) 0·79 (0·50–1·24) .. .. .. .. ..
Mainly school 31/183 (16·9%) 0·81 (0·48–1·35) .. .. .. .. ..
Full time 14/113 (12·4%) 0·56 (0·29–1·08) .. .. .. .. ..
Missing 4/62 (6·5%) NA NA .. .. .. ..
Student contact during lockdown .. .. 0·37 .. .. .. ..
None 69/385 (17·9%) 1 (ref) .. .. .. .. ..
Occasional 105/698 (15·0%) 0·81 (0·58–1·13) .. .. .. .. ..
Regular 28/198 (14·1%) 0·75 (0·47–1·22) .. .. .. .. ..
Missing 7/100 (7·0%) NA NA .. .. .. ..
Other household occupation .. .. 0·0023 .. 0·0020 .. 0·0069
Not a health-care or key worker 158/1135 (13·9%) 1 (ref) .. 1 (ref) .. 1 (ref) ..
Health-care worker 14/43 (32·6%) 2·99 (1·54–5·77) .. 3·45 (1·69–7·03) .. 3·08 (1·48–6·41) ..
Key worker (excluding health-care workers) 37/203 (18·2%) 1·38 (0·93–2·04) .. 1·35 (0·88–2·06) .. 1·35 (0·88–2·07) ..

NA=not applicable. OR=odds ratio.

*

Global p values calculated using Wald test.