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Volume 29, Number 7—July 2023
Research

Trajectory and Demographic Correlates of Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid in Recently Infected Blood Donors, United States

James M. Haynes, Roger Y. Dodd, Lauren A. Crowder, Edward P. Notari, and Susan L. StramerComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Author affiliations: American Red Cross, Rockville, Maryland, USA

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Table 2

Study sample donor demographics stratified by seroreversion status during the follow-up period for study of trajectory and demographic correlates of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid in recently infected blood donors, United States, June 2020‒June 2021*

Characteristic Total, n = 19,323 Nonseroreverter, n = 19,178 Seroreverter,† n = 145 Significance‡
Sex NS
F 9,965 (51.6) 9,890 (51.6) 75 (51.7)
M
9,358 (48.4)
9,288 (48.4)
70 (48.3)
Race/ethnicity NS
Caucasian 18,285 (94.6) 18,143 (94.6) 142 (97.9)
African American 221 (1.1) 220 (1.2) 1 (0.7)
Hispanic 429 (2.2) 428 (2.2) 1 (0.7)
American Indian 46 (0.2) 46 (0.2) 0
>1 race 101 (0.5) 101 (0.5) 0
Other 53 (0.3) 53 (0.3) 0
Asian 159 (0.8) 159 (0.8) 0
Missing
29 (0.2)
28 (0.2)
1 (0.7)
Region NS
Northeast 2,228 (11.5) 2,215 (11.6) 13 (8.9)
Midwest 10,274 (53.2) 10,199 (53.2) 75 (51.7)
South 3,998 (20.7) 3,965 (20.7) 33 (22.8)
West 2,818 (14.6) 2,794 (14.6) 24 (16.6)
Missing
5 (0.03)
5 (0.03)
0
Mean age, y (SD)
52.3 (13.9)
52.3 (13.9)
49.6 (13.6)
p = 0.01
BMI, kg/m2 (SD) 28.8 (5.7) 28.8 (5.7) 27.4 (5.4) p<0.01

*Values are no. (%) unless otherwise indicated. BMI, body mass index; NS, not significant; S/CO, signal-to-cutoff value. †Donor with any donation after the peak S/CO with loss of nucleocapsid reactivity (S/CO <1.0). ‡G-test of independence was used for categorical significance tests comparing demographics of seroreverting and nonseroreverting donors.

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