Retracted: Measures of Adiposity and Risk of Testing Positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the UK Biobank Study

Table 3

Association between measures of adiposity and testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 overall and stratified by older age.

Variable	Full population^†	Under 65 years^†‡ (range 49–64)	65 years of age or older^† (range 65–84)
Total number tested for SARS-CoV-2, n (%)	9,386	3,095 (33.0)	6,291 (67.0)
Tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, n (%)	1,577 (16.8)	646 (20.9)	931 (14.8)
Demographics
Male	1.19 (1.08, 1.30)	1.15 (1.00, 1.32)	1.30 (1.15, 1.48)
Race
White	Ref	Ref	Ref
Asian	1.68 (1.38, 2.05)	1.83 (1.40, 2.39)	1.45 (1.03, 2.04)
Black	1.79 (1.49, 2.15)	1.59 (1.25, 2.02)	1.95 (1.45, 2.61)
Mixed	1.00 (0.59, 1.67)	0.62 (0.28, 1.37)	1.84 (0.98, 3.47)
Missing	1.29 (0.97, 1.73)	1.27 (0.88, 1.84)	1.33 (0.82, 2.15)
Anthropometric measures
Body mass index categories (continuous)	1.07 (1.03, 1.12)	1.10 (1.04 to 1.18)	1.04 (0.98 to 1.10)
Body mass index categories
Underweight/normal weight	Ref	Ref	Ref
Overweight	1.15 (1.03, 1.29)	1.20 (1.01, 1.42)	1.10 (0.94, 1.29)
Obesity class I	1.15 (1.00, 1.32)	1.20 (0.97, 1.47)	1.07 (0.89, 1.28)
Obesity class II	1.40 (1.18, 1.67)	1.44 (1.11, 1.87)	1.32 (1.04, 1.67)
Obesity class III	1.20 (0.94, 1.54)	1.45 (1.02, 2.10)	1.02 (0.72, 1.44)
HWC	1.07 (0.96, 1.18)	0.95 (0.80, 1.14)	1.13 (1.00 to 1.28)