Table 1

Characteristics of study participants

All participants recruitedParticipants in IgG-S analysesParticipants in IgG-N analyses
n%n%n%
Age, years
 <30229111228151267
 30–393169162431616810
 40–49251412181121438
 50–593928203382250529
 60–694071202791846026
 70+4222212451634720
Gender
 Men8877446364276444
 Women11 318568785898556
Ethnicity*
 White17 62688124182139180
 Other ethnicity2526132711835420
Townsend Deprivation Index†
 Less deprived6971354533057133
 Average8249415903971541
 More deprived4975254713146327
UK region
 East Midlands12016765905
 East of England9385534603
 London6059306374266338
 North East8324443634
 North West2175111671120512
 Scotland12276604704
 South East2604131661119311
 South West13797654875
 Wales7914372563
 West Midlands1407711381237
 Yorkshire and the Humber158289661398
All20 19510015141001749100
  • IgG-S antibody analyses restricted to SARS-CoV-2 cases with one or more IgG-S tests following diagnosis. IgG-N antibody analyses restricted to SARS-CoV-2 cases with IgG-N test following diagnosis.

  • *Excludes participants of unknown ethnicity.

  • †Area-level derived measure of socioeconomic deprivation (categories are defined as: <−2 (less deprived), −2 to <2 (average), 2+ (more deprived)).