Table 2 Age-sex weighted and test-adjusted seroprevalence estimates for anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies.

From: SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence and associated risk factors in an urban district in Cameroon

 

n

Seropos.

Seroprevalence (95% confidence interval)

Crude

Age-sex-weighted

Age-sex-weighted, test-adjusted

Overall

971

302

31.1% (27.8–34.6)

31.3% (27.9–34.9)

29.2% (23.8–34.9)

Sex

 Female

549

154

28.1% (23.7–32.8)

28.0% (23.6–32.9)

25.3% (19.0–32.2)

 Male

422

148

35.1% (30.3–40.1)

34.6% (29.9–39.7)

33.1% (26.4–40.5)

Age group

 5–14

241

69

28.6% (22.2–36.0)

28.7% (22.3–36.0)

26.1% (17.6–35.6)

 15–29

325

98

30.2% (25.3–35.5)

30.7% (25.8–36.0)

28.5% (21.7–35.9)

 30–44

212

69

32.5% (26.4–39.4)

32.7% (26.2–39.9)

30.8% (22.3–40.4)

 45–64

153

51

33.3% (26.4–41.1)

34.1% (27.1–41.8)

32.5% (23.4–42.6)

 65+

40

15

37.5% (23.1–54.6)

39.4% (24.4–56.6)

38.7% (20.6–59.9)

Neighborhood

 Cité Verte

72

16

22.2% (13.2–34.9)

22.1% (13.1–34.8)

18.4% (6.9–33.8)

 Briqueterie

106

37

34.9% (25.9–45.2)

33.7% (25.2–43.3)

32.0% (21.4–44.2)

 Carriere

236

72

30.5% (23.6–38.4)

31.1% (24.0–39.3)

29.0% (19.7–39.5)

 Ekoudou

190

65

34.2% (26.7–42.6)

34.8% (27.4–43.0)

33.3% (24.0–44.0)

 Messa

48

17

35.4% (18.0–57.9)

35.7% (17.8–58.8)

34.4% (12.9–62.4)

 Mokolo

96

27

28.1% (18.1–40.9)

28.8% (17.7–43.4)

26.3% (12.6–44.1)

 Nkomkana

75

18

24.0% (13.7–38.6)

22.9% (12.6–37.9)

19.3% (6.6–37.5)

 Tsinga

81

28

34.6% (26.8–43.3)

35.3% (27.0–44.5)

33.9% (23.5–45.7)

 Tsinga Oliga

67

22

32.8% (17.3–53.2)

32.5% (16.7–53.6)

30.6% (11.6–56.1)

  1. Confidence intervals for the crude- and age-sex-reweighted estimates are Wald-type intervals, while confidence intervals for the test-adjusted estimates were calculated by bootstrap sampling (see Methods).