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Table 1 Characteristics of COVID-LIV participants

From: Investigation of SARS-CoV-2 faecal shedding in the community: a prospective household cohort study (COVID-LIV) in the UK

Characteristics

SARS-CoV-2 nasal/ throat swab negative participants

SARS-CoV-2 nasal/ throat swab positive participants

No stool provided

Stool provided

Overall

P value

(N = 251)

(N = 165)

(N = 416)

 

(N = 18)

IMD

   

< 0.001

 

 1 (most deprived)

70 (27.9%)

25 (15.2%)

95 (22.8%)

 

5 (27.8%)

 2

32 (12.7%)

15 (9.1%)

47 (11.3%)

 

3 (16.7%)

 3

15 (6.0%)

14 (8.5%)

29 (7.0%)

 

< 3

 4

30 (12.0%)

16 (9.7%)

46 (11.1%)

 

< 3

 5

22 (8.8%)

15 (9.1%)

37 (8.9%)

 

< 3

 6

24 (9.6%)

25 (15.2%)

49 (11.8%)

 

< 3

 7

12 (4.8%)

15 (9.1%)

27 (6.5%)

 

< 3

 8

18 (7.2%)

23 (13.9%)

41 (9.9%)

 

< 3

 9

17 (6.8%)

3 (1.8%)

20 (4.8%)

 

< 3

 10 (least deprived)

11 (4.4%)

14 (8.5%)

25 (6.0%)

 

< 3

Age

 Median IQR [Min, Max]

15/39/57 [1, 82]

42/58/66 [1, 86]

24/46/63 [1, 86]

< 0.001

26/42/61 [10, 72]

Sex

 Female

134 (53.4%)

89 (53.9%)

223 (53.6%)

0.912

10 (55.6%)

 Male

117 (46.6%)

76 (46.1%)

193 (46.4%)

 

8 (44.4%)

  1. The P value compares those who provided a stool sample and those who did not in the SARS-CoV-2 nasal/throat swab negative population
  2. IMD refers to the English Index of Multiple Deprivation deciles, assigned based on patient postcode
  3. IQR refers to the interquartile range
  4. < 3 refers to numbers suppressed to prevent participant disclosure