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Table 2 Overview of number of participants and collected materials in the study, by sample (n (%))

From: Third national biobank for population-based seroprevalence studies in the Netherlands, including the Caribbean Netherlands

 

NS & oversampling of migrants

LVC sample

SAN sample

CN sample

Sample invited

40,065

6830

7275

8068

Net sample sizea

39,898 (99.6%)

6825 (99.9%)

7252 (99.7%)

7768 (96.3%)

Information from population register only

19,638 (49.0%)

2436 (35.7%)

4040 (55.5%)

NA

Non-response questionnaire

14,043 (35.2%)

2964 (43.4%)

2652 (36.6%)

NA

Participant with any material

6217 (15.6%)

1425 (20.9%)

560 (7.7%)

1900 (24.5%)

Full participant (all materials)

2682 (6.7%)

674 (9.9%)

280 (3.7%)

1515 (19.5%)

Participant with both blood sample and questionnaire

5745 (14.4%)

1354 (19.8%)

501 (6.9%)

1815 (23.4%)

Materialsb

 Bloodc

  - Venous blood sample

  - Finger/heel prick

  - Dried blood spot sample

5762 (92.7%)

4977 (86.4%)

581 (10.1%)

208 (3.6%)

1358 (95.3%)

1174 (86.5%)

162 (11.9%)

23 (1.7%)

503 (89.8%)

454 (90.3%)

25 (5.0%)

26 (5.2%)

1829 (96.3%)

NA

NA

1829 (100%)

 Questionnaire

6200 (99.7%)

1421 (99.7%)

558 (99.6%)

1885 (99.2%)

 Saliva sample

5544 (89.2%)

1319 (92.6%)

477 (85.2%)

NA

 Nasopharyngeal swab

3849 (61.9%)

939 (65.9%)

369 (65.9%)

1752 (92.2%)

 Oropharyngeal swab

3319 (53.4%)

791 (55.5%)

326 (58.2%)

1502 (79.1%)

 Faeces

2765 (44.5%)

704 (49.4%)

285 (50.9%)

1547 (81.4%)

 Additional questionnaire

2775 (44.6%)

702 (49.3%)

284 (50.7%)

NA

 Vaccination statusd

3819 (71.1%)

970 (76.3%)

263 (57.9%)

974 (51.3%)

 Diary contact patternse

1310 (72.7%)

NA

67 (48.9%)

NA

 Consent to approach for follow-upd

5105 (82.1%)

1171 (82.2%)

436 (77.9%)

1762 (92.7%)

  1. aReasons for exclusion included mentally disabled, died, rehousing or other reasons why mail could not be delivered
  2. bPercentages were calculated with participants with any material as denominator
  3. cFour, one and two person(s) with both finger prick and venous blood in NS, LVC sample and SAN sample, respectively
  4. dPercentages were calculated for participants with any material and eligible for the NIP programme (<=65 years), 5374, 1271, and 454 for NS, LVC, and SAN sample, respectively. For the CN sample, percentage was calculated for all participants with any material
  5. ePercentages were calculated with number of diaries handed out as denominator, 1802 and 137 in NS and SAN sample, respectively
  6. Abbreviations: CN sample, Caribbean Netherlands: sample from the Dutch Caribbean islands Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba; LVC sample, Low vaccination coverage sample; NA, Not applicable; NSsample, National sample; SAN sample, Sample from persons with a migration background from Suriname, Aruba and the former Dutch Antilles