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Volume 27, Number 4—April 2021
Dispatch

SARS-CoV-2 Seropositivity among US Marine Recruits Attending Basic Training, United States, Spring–Fall 2020

Andrew G. LetiziaComments to Author , Yongchao Ge, Carl W. Goforth, Dawn L. Weir, Rhonda Lizewski, Stephen Lizewski, Alessandra Soares-Schanoski, Sindhu Vangeti, Nada Marjanovic, Stuart C. Sealfon, and Irene RamosComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Naval Medical Research Center, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA (A.G. Letizia, C.W. Goforth, D.L. Weir); Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA (Y. Ge, A. Soares-Schanoski, S. Vangeti, N. Marjanovic, S.C. Sealfon, I. Ramos); Naval Medical Research Unit 6, Lima, Peru (R. Lizewski, S. Lizewski)

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Table 2

Association between demographic variables and SARS-CoV-2 IgG results in study of seroprevalence in US Marine recruits, United States, May 11–September 7, 2020*

Characteristic
IgG result

Univariable analysis

Multivariable analysis
Negative
Positive
OR (95% CI)
p value
OR (95% CI)
p value
Age, y, mean (SD) 19.1 (1.9) 19.0 (1.7) 0.99 (0.92–1.05) 0.672 0.96 (0.89–1.02) 0.212
Sex
M 2682 (91.3) 257 (8.7) Referent Referent
F
225 (87.5)
32 (12.5)

1.48 (0.99–2.17)
0.048

1.57 (1.02–2.33)
0.033
Race or ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White 1737 (95.6) 80 (4.4) Referent Referent
Non-Hispanic Black 352 (85.0) 62 (15.0) 3.82 (2.69–5.42) <0.001 3.54 (2.47–5.05) <0.001
Non-Hispanic Other 185 (93.9) 12 (6.1) 1.41 (0.72–2.54) 0.283 1.32 (0.67–2.39) 0.388
Hispanic
633 (82.4)
135 (17.6)

4.63 (3.47–6.22)
0.001

3.80 (2.82–5.14)
<0.001
State group
Early spring 591 (84.3) 110 (15.7) Referent Referent
Late spring 1263 (90.9) 126 (9.1) 0.54 (0.41–0.71) <0.001 0.61 (0.46–0.81) 0.001
Summer 951 (95.7) 43 (4.3) 0.24 (0.17–0.35) <0.001 0.35 (0.23–0.50) <0.001
Other† 102 (91.1) 10 (8.9) 0.53 (0.25–0.99) 0.065 0.54 (0.25–1.04) 0.085

*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. Univariable odds ratio and p value were computed on the basis of the logistic regression with a single variable only. Multivariable odds ratio and p value were computed by using all 4 variables in the model. OR, odds ratio; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
†Inconclusive assay (not residing in the United States) or participants left residence question blank or answered by marking unknown.

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