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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Rheumatol. 2023 Jan 15;50(5):697–703. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.220870

Table 2.

Risk of COVID-19 breakthrough infection among SARD patients who received either BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) or mRNA-1273 (Moderna) vaccine

Population Number of COVID-19 breakthrough infection events Mean follow up, months Incidence ratea, per 1000 person-months Rate differencea (95%CI), per 1000 person-months Hazard ratioa (95%CI) BNT162b2 vs mRNA-1273
BNT162b2 mRNA-1273 BNT162b2 mRNA-1273 BNT162b2 mRNA-1273

N 5516 4322 5516 4322 5516 4322
Primary analysis
Any infection 446 329 11 12 6.83 6.12 0.71 (−0.70, 2.12) 1.12 (0.90, 1.39)
Sensitivity analyses
Pre-Omicron (12/15/2021) 158 94 9 10 2.89 2.16 0.73 (−0.24, 1.71) 1.34 (0.91, 1.98)
Censor at 3rd vaccine 212 132 8 9 4.22 3.36 0.82 (−0.43, 2.07) 1.31 (0.94, 1.83)
Pre-Omicron and censor at 3rd vaccine 118 71 8 8 2.49 1.95 0.55 (−0.45, 1.55) 1.33 (0.84, 2.09)
Negative control analyses
Infection within 10 days of first vaccine 6 5 12 12 0.06 0.09 −0.03 (−0.18, 0.12) 0.67 (0.09, 5.28)
Death due to non-COVID-19 causes 97 60 11 12 1.28 1.27 0.01 (−0.61, 0.63) 1.01 (0.62, 1.64)
a

Time-stratified PS overlap weighted

Propensity score model: covid prior to index date, age, sex, race, ethnicity, BMI, smoking status, Charlson

Comorbidity Index, rheumatic disease diagnosis, immunomodulatory medication