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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 21.
Published in final edited form as: Epidemiol Infect. 2013 Jul 26;142(5):1002–1007. doi: 10.1017/S095026881300174X

Table 1.

Seroprevalence of varicella in AS for Elementary and College Students, 2011, by selected variables

Variable Elementary School Students College Students

No.
students
Seroprevalence,
% (95 CI)
P-Value No.
students
Seroprevalence,
% (95 CI)
P-Value
Sexa 0.454 1.000
Female 258 77.5 (72.4–82.6) 127 96.1 (92.7–99.5)
Male 248 81.9 (77.1–86.7) 73 97.3 (93.5–100.0)
Ageb 0.388 1.000
4–6 yrs 304 76.0 (73.3–82.6) NA NA
7–9 yrs 205 79.5 (75.6–86.4) NA NA
17–19 yrs NA NA 80 97.5 (94.1–100.0)
20–22 yrs NA NA 83 96.4 (92.4–100.0)
≥23 yrs NA NA 43 97.7 (93.2–100.0)
Regionc 0.093 0.672
Central 91 73.6 (63.4–82.3) 58 96.6 (88.1–99.6)
East 68 83.8 (72.9–91.6) 26 96.2 (80.4–100.0)
Midwest 249 80.3 (74.8–85.1) 86 95.4 (88.5–98.7)
West 105 70.5 (60.8–79.0) 37 100.00 (90.5–100.0)
Place of birthd 0.277
AS 463 77.5 (73.5–81.3) NA NA
Outside ASe 21 90.5 (69.6–98.8) NA NA
History of varicella disease <.001 1.000
No 247 63.6 (57.2–69.6) 66 97.0 (89.5–100.0)
Yes 211 93.4 (89.1–96.3) 127 97.6 (93.3–100.0)
Documented history of 1-dose of varicella vaccine 0.141 1.000
Yes 18 94.4 (72.7–100.0) 1 100.0 (2.5–100.0)
No 467 77.5 (73.5–81.2) 149 98.0 (94.2–100.0)

Note: CI=Confidence interval; AS= American Samoa

a

Excludes 16 students with missing information on gender.

b

Excludes 8 students with missing information on birth date or date of serum collection.

c

Excludes 1 student with missing information on region.

d

Place of birth was only availablefor 484 elementary school students.

e

18 students were born in the United States, 1 student was born in Marshall Islands, 1 student was born in Australia, and 1 student in Tonga.