Table 2.

Characteristics of Seropositive and Seronegative Healthcare Workers.

Characteristic Positive Serology
n (%)
Negative Serology
n (%)
P Value OR (95% CI)
Sex
 Male 91 (5.4) 1589 (94.6) 0.059
 Female 109 (3.8) 2730 (96.2)

Age Group
 ≤30 30 (5) 567 (95) 0.136
 31–40 69 (5.6) 1172 (94.4)
 41–50 54 (4.8) 1074 (95.2)
 51–60 39 (4.1) 909 (95.9)
 >60 18 (3) 587 (97)

Marital Status*
 Married 125 (4.3) 2782 (95.7) 0.125
 Widowed/divorced 20 (4.2) 456 (95.8)
 Single 64 (5.8) 1045 (94.2)

Parenting Status
 No children 77 (5.8) 1251 (94.2) 0.018 0.70 (0.53–0.94)
 With children 133 (4.2) 3058 (95.8)

Children <18 Years
 No 117 (4.8) 2307 (95.2) 0.537
 Yes 93 (4.4) 2002 (95.6)

Ethnicity
 Jewish 100 (3) 3246 (97) <0.001 3.36 (2.54–4.44)
 Arab 110 (9.4) 1063 (90.6)

Sector
 Administrative/service 77 (5.7) 1283 (94.3) 0.040 1.37 (1.02–1.82)
 Healthcare providers 133 (4.2) 3026 (95.8)

Past Quarantine
 No 99 (2.7) 3634 (97.3) <0.001 6.02 (4.55–8.00)
 Yes 111 (14.1) 675 (85.9)

Working in COVID-19 Wards
 No 199 (4.6) 4166 (95.4) 0.134
 Yes 11 (7.1) 143 (92.9)
*Data missing for marital status: positive serology, n=1; negative serology, n=26.
Includes physicians, nurses, and paramedical staff.

CI, confidence interval; n, number; OR, odds ratio.

RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2022 April; 13(2): e0011. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2022 April 26. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10469