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Volume 27, Number 9—September 2021
Dispatch

A Community-Adapted Approach to SARS-CoV-2 Testing for Medically Underserved Populations, Rhode Island, USA

Matthew Murphy, Imshan Dhrolia, Alexandra Zanowick-Marr, Jun Tao, Cassie Sutten Coats, Siena Napoleon, Yelena Malyuta, Emily Adams, Trisha Arnold, Philip A. Chan, and Amy NunnComments to Author 
Author affiliations: The Rhode Island Public Health Institute, Providence, Rhode Island, USA (M. Murphy, C. Sutten Coats, Y. Malyuta, E. Adams, T. Arnold, P.A. Chan, A. Nunn); Brown University, Providence (M. Murphy, I. Dhrolia, J. Tao, P.A. Chan, A. Nunn); The Miriam Hospital, Providence (A. Zanowick-Marr, S. Napoleon, P.A. Chan)

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Table 2

Association between specific sociodemographic characteristics and a positive PCR test result for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, Rhode Island, USA, June 8–August 8, 2020*

Variables Crude odds ratio (95% CI) Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)
Age, y
 1.01 (0.99–1.03)
 NC
Race
White Referent
Asian 9.5 (1.28–70.52) NC
Black/African American 5.56 (1.00–30.93) NC
Other Race
 15.27 (3.43–67.92)
 NC
Ethnicity
Non-Hispanic Referent
Hispanic
 7.03 (2.58–19.19)
 NC
Gender
Female Referent
Male
 2.96 (1.28–6.84)
 NC
Insurance status
Insured Referent
Uninsured NC 1.46 (0.50–4.21)
Medicaid/Medicare Part B
 NC
 2.57 (0.75–8.75)
Sexual orientation
Heterosexual Referent
Same-sex NC 0.61 (0.07–5.47)
Bisexual NC NC
Queer, asexual, or pansexual NC NC
Other NC 0.69 (0.08–5.97)

*In an exploratory analysis, we treated demographics, insurance, and sexual orientations as exposures and identified models for each variable. Because no factors could affect the status of age, race, or ethnicity, we present crude odds ratios for these variables. For insurance and sexual orientation, we identified age, race, and ethnicity as confounding variables on the basis of a priori knowledge and present adjusted odds ratios. NC, not calculable.

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