Table 1 Associations with current infection in Qatar based on analysis of the national SARS-CoV-2 PCR testing and hospitalization database.
From: Characterizing the Qatar advanced-phase SARS-CoV-2 epidemic
Characteristics | Sample size | SARS-CoV-2 positive | Univariable analysis | Multivariable analysis | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | p value | OR (95% CI) | p value * | AOR (95% CI) | p value† | |
Sex | |||||||
Females | 102,260 (25.7) | 16,813 (16.4) | < 0.001 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
Males | 295,317 (74.3) | 94,173 (31.9) | 2.38 (2.34–2.42) | < 0.001 | 1.57 (1.54–1.60) | < 0.001 | |
Age (years) | |||||||
< 10 | 22,161 (5.6) | 4,851 (21.9) | < 0.001 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
10–19 | 16,158 (4.1) | 3,819 (23.6) | 1.10 (1.05–1.16) | < 0.001 | 1.34 (1.27–1.41) | < 0.001 | |
20–29 | 95,973 (24.1) | 27,038 (28.2) | 1.40 (1.35–1.45) | < 0.001 | 0.77 (0.74–0.80) | < 0.001 | |
30–39 | 137,367 (34.6) | 39,660 (28.9) | 1.45 (1.40–1.50) | < 0.001 | 0.74 (0.71–0.77) | < 0.001 | |
40–49 | 73,616 (18.5) | 22,698 (30.8) | 1.59 (1.54–1.65) | < 0.001 | 0.83 (0.80–0.86) | < 0.001 | |
50–59 | 35,256 (8.9) | 9,541 (27.1) | 1.32 (1.27–1.38) | < 0.001 | 0.84 (0.81–0.88) | < 0.001 | |
60–69 | 12,812 (3.2) | 2,724 (21.3) | 0.96 (0.91–1.02) | 0.169 | 0.87 (0.82–0.92) | < 0.001 | |
70–79 | 3,126 (0.8) | 520 (16.6) | 0.71 (0.64–0.79) | < 0.001 | 0.91 (0.82–1.01) | 0.092 | |
80 + | 1,108 (0.3) | 135 (12.2) | 0.50 (0.41–0.59) | < 0.001 | 0.74 (0.62–0.90) | 0.002 | |
Nationality | |||||||
All other nationalities‡ | 66,472 (16.7) | 11,218 (16.9) | < 0.001 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
Indian | 89,216 (22.4) | 31,931 (35.8) | 2.75 (2.68–2.81) | < 0.001 | 2.55 (2.49–2.62) | < 0.001 | |
Bangladeshi | 34,201 (8.6) | 15,312 (44.8) | 3.99 (3.88–4.11) | < 0.001 | 3.91 (3.79–4.04) | < 0.001 | |
Nepalese | 41,676 (10.5) | 20,162 (48.4) | 4.62 (4.49–4.75) | < 0.001 | 4.46 (4.33–4.60) | < 0.001 | |
Pakistani | 18,982 (4.8) | 6,758 (35.6) | 2.72 (2.63–2.82) | < 0.001 | 2.46 (2.38–2.56) | < 0.001 | |
Sudanese | 11,559 (2.9) | 2,305 (19.9) | 1.23 (1.17–1.29) | < 0.001 | 1.15 (1.09–1.21) | < 0.001 | |
Sri Lankan | 11,583 (2.9) | 4,191 (36.2) | 2.79 (2.68–2.92) | < 0.001 | 2.73 (2.61–2.86) | < 0.001 | |
Egyptian | 18,312 (4.6) | 5,057 (27.6) | 1.88 (1.81–1.95) | < 0.001 | 1.72 (1.65–1.79) | < 0.001 | |
Filipino | 35,094 (8.8) | 6,505 (18.5) | 1.12 (1.08–1.16) | < 0.001 | 1.24 (1.19–1.28) | < 0.001 | |
Qatari | 70,482 (17.7) | 7,547 (10.7) | 0.59 (0.57–0.61) | < 0.001 | 0.57 (0.55–0.59) | < 0.001 | |
Time | |||||||
05 Feb–21 Mar | 9,061 (2.3) | 658 (7.3) | < 0.001 | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||
22 Mar–28 Mar | 7,090 (1.8) | 450 (6.3) | 0.87 (0.76–0.98) | 0.023 | 0.72 (0.63–0.81) | < 0.001 | |
29 Mar–04 Apr | 7,622 (1.9) | 860 (11.3) | 1.62 (1.46–1.81) | < 0.001 | 2.53 (2.27–2.82) | < 0.001 | |
05 Apr–11 Apr | 8,030 (2.0) | 1,158 (14.4) | 2.15 (1.95–2.38) | < 0.001 | 2.45 (2.21–2.72) | < 0.001 | |
12 Apr–18 Apr | 11,013 (2.8) | 2,796 (25.4) | 4.35 (3.97–4.76) | < 0.001 | 4.53 (4.13–4.96) | < 0.001 | |
19 Apr–25 Apr | 16,521 (4.2) | 4,961 (30.0) | 5.48 (5.03–5.97) | < 0.001 | 5.23 (4.79–5.71) | < 0.001 | |
26 Apr–02 May | 16,600 (4.2) | 4,982 (30.0) | 5.48 (5.02–5.97) | < 0.001 | 5.86 (5.37–6.40) | < 0.001 | |
03 May–09 May | 21,962 (5.5) | 7,113 (32.4) | 6.12 (5.62–6.65) | < 0.001 | 6.36 (5.84–6.93) | < 0.001 | |
10 May–16 May | 28,526 (7.2) | 10,265 (36.0) | 7.18 (6.61–7.80) | < 0.001 | 8.08 (7.43–8.80) | < 0.001 | |
17 May–23 May | 31,428 (7.9) | 11,396 (36.3) | 7.27 (6.69–7.89) | < 0.001 | 7.94 (7.30–8.64) | < 0.001 | |
24 May–30 May | 34,280 (8.6) | 12,883 (37.6) | 7.69 (7.08–8.35) | < 0.001 | 8.60 (7.91–9.35) | < 0.001 | |
31 May–6 Jun | 35,215 (8.9) | 11,634 (33.0) | 6.30 (5.80–6.84) | < 0.001 | 7.63 (7.02–8.30) | < 0.001 | |
07 Jun–13 Jun | 36,636 (9.2) | 10,968 (29.9) | 5.46 (5.03–5.93) | < 0.001 | 6.43 (5.91–7.00) | < 0.001 | |
14 Jun–20 Jun | 36,063 (9.1) | 9,936 (27.6) | 4.86 (4.47–5.27) | < 0.001 | 5.93 (5.45–6.46) | < 0.001 | |
21 Jun–27 Jun | 38,015 (9.6) | 9,726 (25.6) | 4.39 (4.04–4.77) | < 0.001 | 5.49 (5.05–5.98) | < 0.001 | |
28 Jun–04 Jul | 36,991 (9.3) | 7,831 (21.2) | 3.43 (3.16–3.73) | < 0.001 | 4.07 (3.74–4.43) | < 0.001 | |
05 Jul–10 Jul | 22,524 (5.7) | 3,369 (15.0) | 2.25 (2.06–2.45) | < 0.001 | 2.76 (2.53–3.02) | < 0.001 | |
