Table 1.

Patient demographics, comorbidities and symptoms, by antibody status of SARS-CoV-2

CharacteristicAll sample (n=3119)Positive antibody (n=613)Negative antibody (n=2,506)P-value
Age, years n (%)
≤30
31–40
41–50
51–60
≥61

669 (21.4%)
671 (21.5%)
812 (26.0%)
702 (22.5%)
265 (8.5%)

155 (25.3%)
122 (19.9%)
183 (29.9%)
118 (19.2%)
35 (5.7%)

514 (20.5%)
549 (21.9%)
629 (25.1%)
584 (23.3%)
230 (9.2%)





<0.001
Sex
Male, n (%)
Female, n (%)

775 (24.8%)
2,344 (75.2%)

178 (29.0%)
435 (71.0%)

597 (23.8%)
1,909 (76.2%)


0.009
Ethnicity (n=2,953*):
White, n (%)
Non-White, n (%)

1,804 (61.1%)
1,149 (38.9%)

225 (39.1%)
350 (60.9%)

1,579 (66.4%)
799 (33.6%)


<0.001
Symptoms (n=2,790):
No, n (%)
Yes, n (%)
Fever, n (%)
Cough, n (%)
Shortness breath, n (%)
Loss smell/taste, n (%)
Headache, n (%)
Fatigue, n (%)
Sore throat, n (%)
Myalgia, n (%)
Diarrhoea, n (%)
Nausea/vomiting, n (%)
Runny nose, n (%)
Dizziness/vertigo, n (%)
Back pain, n (%)
Loss appetite, n (%)
Chest pain/tightness, n (%)

1,740 (62.4%)
1,050 (37.6%)
154 (4.9%)
154 (4.9%)
47 (1.5%)
62 (2.0%)
92 (2.9%)
95 (3.0%)
73 (2.3%)
104 (3.3%)
20 (0.6%)
19 (0.6%)
17 (0.5%)
5 (0.2%)
7 (0.2%)
10 (0.3%)
13 (0.4%)

151 (26.4%)
422 (73.6%)
98 (16.0%)
84 (13.7%)
27 (4.4%)
54 (8.8%)
47 (7.7%)
58 (9.5%)
31 (5.1%)
68 (11.1%)
9 (1.5%)
14 (2.3%)
12 (2.0%)
2 (0.3%)
5 (0.8%)
10 (1.6%)
7 (1.1%)

1,589 (71.7%)
628 (28.3%)
56 (2.2%)
70 (2.8%)
20 (0.8%)
8 (0.3%)
45 (1.8%)
37 (1.5%)
42 (1.7%)
36 (1.4%)
11 (0.4%)
5 (0.2%)
5 (0.2%)
3 (0.1%)
2 (0.1%)
0
6 (0.2%)


<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
<0.001
0.009
<0.001
<0.001
0.26
0.004

0.006
Staff group
Admin and estates
Clinical support
Medical
Nursing and midwifery
Other clinical registered

833 (26.7%)
615 (19.7%)
459 (14.7%)
951 (30.5%)
261 (8.4%)

128 (20.9%)
135 (22.0%)
90 (14.7%)
226 (36.9%)
34 (5.5%)

705 (28.1%)
480 (19.2%)
369 (14.7%)
725 (28.9%)
227 (9.1%)





<0.001
  • *166 missing values (5%)

  • 329 missing values (11%)