Volume 28, Supplement—December 2022
SUPPLEMENT ISSUE
Clinical
Clinical and Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Agricultural Workers, Guatemala1
Table 1
Characteristics of 1,833 cohort participants in study of clinical and economic impact of COVID-19 in agricultural workers, Guatemala*
Characteristic |
Value |
---|---|
Worker demographics | |
Age, y, mean (SD) | 30.9 (8.7) |
Sex | |
M | 1,541 (84.1) |
F | 292 (15.9) |
Latino ethnicity | 801 (43.7) |
Indigenous | 113 (6.2) |
Other | 3 (0.2) |
Do not know |
916 (43.7) |
Health worker | |
Obesity, BMI >30 kg/m2, n = 1,159 with data | 131 (11.3) |
Class 1, 30‒-<35 | 103 |
Class 2, 35‒<40 | 24 |
Class 3, >40 |
4 |
Underlying conditions | |
Kidney disease | 58 (3.2) |
Blood disorder, e.g., sickle cell disease | 25 (1.4) |
Cardiovascular disease, e.g., heart failure, CAD | 29 (1.6) |
Diabetes | 27 (1.5) |
Liver disease | 19 (1.0) |
Asthma | 10 (0.6) |
Pulmonary disease, e.g., COPD | 10 (0.6) |
Neurologic disease, e.g., stroke |
10 (0.6) |
Taking medications | 234 (12.8) |
Received influenza vaccine |
108 (5.9) |
Work conditions | |
Type of work | |
Administration | 60 (3.3) |
Field worker | 1,264 (69.0) |
Field manager | 77 (4.2) |
Packer/plant worker | 413 (22.5) |
Plant manager | 19 (1.0) |
Duration of employment, y | |
<2 | 1,115 (60.9) |
3‒4 | 242 (13.2) |
>5 |
475 (25.9) |
Monthly income, US$, median (IQR) |
337.2 (311.3‒389.1) |
Household conditions | |
No. adults in house, median (IQR) | 3 (2–4) |
No. children in house, median (IQR) | 2 (1–3) |
Concern about food insecurity in last year | 1,063 (58.0) |
Household monthly income, US$, median (IQR) |
363.2 (324.3–505.8) |
US$ spent in the past 7 days, median (IQR) | |
Meat, fish, and seafood | 25.9 (13.0–38.9) |
Milk, eggs, and dairy products | 15.6 (9.7–25.9) |
Greens, vegetables, and fruit | 13.0 (6.8–19.5) |
Alcoholic drinks and tobacco | 0 (0–0) |
*Values are no. (%) except as indicated. BMI, body mass index; CAD, coronary artery disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; IQR, interquartile range; US $, US dollars.
1An abstract of this article was presented at the Virtual Meeting of the International Society for Influenza and Other Respiratory Virus Diseases, October 19‒21, 2021; and at the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, National Harbor, Maryland, USA, November 17‒21, 2021.