Research Article

High Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)-Specific Antibodies among Healthcare Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study in Guilan, Iran

Table 1

Unweighted characteristics of study participants and proportion with IgM or IgG for COVID-19.

CharacteristicsSubgroupSample sizeProportion of the sample, % (95% CI)No. of positive casesUnweighted proportion positive for IgM or IgG, % (95% CI)Unweighted proportion positive for only IgM, % (95% CI)Unweighted proportion positive for only IgG, % (95% CI)

Entire sample503100196 (168 IgG, 28 IgM)39.0 (34.8–43.3)5.6 (3.8–8.0)33.3 (29.3–37.7)
GenderMale15931.668 (58 IgG, 10 IgM)42.8 (35.0–50.8)6.3 (3.2–11.5)36.4 (29.1–44.5)
Female34468.4128 (110 IgG, 18 IgM)37.2 (32.1–42.6)5.2 (3.2–8.3)31.9 (27.1–37.2)
Age, y20–34 y18937.663 (51 IgG, 12 IgM)33.3 (26.7–40.6)6.3 (3.4–11.0)27.0 (20.9–34.0)
35–54 y27454.5119 (104 IgG, 15 IgM)43.4 (37.5–49.5)5.5 (3.2–9.0)37.9 (32.2–44.0)
>54 y408.014 (13 IgG, 1 IgM)35.0 (21.1–51.7)2.5 (0.1–14.7)32.5 (19.0–42.9)
Education<12 y173.45 (4 IgG, 1 IgM)29.4 (11.3–55.9)5.9 (3.1–30.7)29.4 (11.3–55.9)
12 y6713.324 (22 IgG, 2 IgM)35.8 (24.7–48.5)3.0 (0.1–11.3)32.8 (22.1–45.5)
12–16 y30260.0115 (94 IgG, 21 IgM)38.1 (32.6–43.8)7.0 (4.4–10.6)31.1 (26.0–36.7)
>16 y11723.352 (46 IgG, 6 IgM)44.4 (35.3–53.9)5.1 (2.1–11.2)39.3 (30.0–48.8)
Blood groupA17134.071 (60 IgG, 11 IgM)41.5 (34.1–49.3)6.4 (3.4–11.5)35.1 (28.1–42.8)
B1065.842 (38 IgG, 4 IgM)39.6 (30.4–49.6)3.8 (0.1–9.9)35.8 (26.9–45.8)
AB2921.111 (10 IgG, 1 IgM)37.9 (21.3–57.6)3.4 (0.1–19.6)34.5 (18.6–54.3)
O19739.272 (60 IgG, 12 IgM)36.5 (29.9–43.7)6.1 (3.3–10.6)30.4 (24.2–37.4)
Marital statusSingle14829.452 (47 IgG, 5 IgM)35.1 (27.6–43.4)3.4 (1.2–8.1)31.7 (24.5–40)
Married35570.6144 (121 IgG, 23 IgM)40.6 (35.4–45.9)6.5 (4.2–9.7)34.1 (29.2–39.3)
Job categoryPhysician9017.941 (35 IgG, 6 IgM)45.6 (35.1–56.3)6.7 (2.7–14.5)38.9 (31.0–52.0)
Nurse23546.792 (76 IgG, 16 IgM)39.1 (32.9–45.7)6.8 (4.0–11.0)32.3 (27.7–40.1)
Service worker6613.126 (24 IgG, 2 IgM)39.4 (27.8–52.2)3.0 (0.1–11.5)36.3 (25.1–49.1)
Lab staff234.610 (8 IgG, 2 IgM)43.5 (23.9–65.1)8.7 (0.2–29.5)34.7 (17.2–57.1)
Office staff8917.727 (25 IgG, 2 IgM)30.3 (21.2–41.1)2.2 (0.3–8.6)28.0 (19.3–38.7)
Household size, residents1244.810 (9 IgG, 1 IgM)41.7 (22.8–63.0)4.2 (0.2–22.1)37.5 (19.5–59.2)
28316.534 (30 IgG, 4 IgM)41.0 (30.4–52.3)4.8 (1.5–12.5)36.1 (26.1–47.5)
3–537875.1146 (124 IgG, 22 IgM)38.6 (33.7–43.7)5.8 (3.7–8.8)32.8 (28.1–37.8)
≥6183.66 (5 IgG, 1 IgM)33.3 (14.3–58.8)5.6 (0.1–29.3)27.8 (10.7–53.6)