Table 2.
Baseline clinical characteristics for participants stratified by mpox vaccination status.
| Clinical Characteristics | Unvaccinated (n = 489) |
Vaccinated (n = 238) |
p-Value | aOR [95% Confidence Interval] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 56.9 (48.6–64.6) | 53.8 54 (48.0–59.6) | <0.001 | 0.9 [0.9–1.0] |
| Alcohol (units per week) | 7 (2–15) | 6 (1.2–13) | 0.3 | 1.0 [0.9–1.0] |
| Alcohol (more than 10 unit per week) | 175 (36% [32–40%]) | 81 (34% [28–40%]) | 0.7 | 1.0 [0.7–1.4] |
| Smoking status | 0.01 | |||
| Ex-smoker | 178 (36% [32–41%]) | 85 (36% [30–42%]) | 0.9 [0.6–1.4] | |
| Never smoked | 153 (31% [27–36%]) | 95 (40% [34–46%]) | 1.7 [1.2–2.6] | |
| Current smoker | 153 (31% [27–36%]) | 52 (22% [17–28%]) | 0.6 [0.4–0.9] | |
| Origin | 0.3 | |||
| Scandinavian | 378 (77% [73–81%]) | 189 (79% [74–84%]) | 1.5 [0.9–2.6] | |
| Other European | 61 (12% [10–16%]) | 22 (9% [6–14%]) | 1.1 [0.5–2.2] | |
| Other | 60 (12% [9–16%]) | 27 (11% [8–16%]) | 0.7 [0.4–1.2] | |
| Plasma HIV RNA < 50 copies/mL | 464 (94% [93–96.6%]) | 222 (93% [89–96%]) | 0.5 | 0.7 [0.4–1.4] |
| Blood CD4+ lymphocyte count, cells/µL | 691.3 (253) | 702.6 (276.2) | 1.0 [1.0–1.0] | |
| Education | 0.3 | |||
| No education or a short education | 227 (46% [42–51%]) | 102 (43% [36–49%]) | 0.9 [0.6–1.2] | |
| Long education | 239 (49% [44–53%]) | 128 (54% [47–60%]) | Model did not converge | |
| STD in the preceding two years | 85 (17% [14–21%]) | 99 (42% [35–48%]) | <0.001 | 3.1 [2.2–4.6] |
STD: sexually transmitted disease.