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. 2023 May 3;381:e074778. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2023-074778

Table 2.

Hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) for menstruation disorders after each dose in one to seven days and 8-90 days risk windows, among women in a Swedish population cohort

Risk windows Person-years Cases Incidence rate
(per 100 000 person-years)
Crude model,* HR (95% CI) Full model,
HR (95% CI)
Postmenopausal bleeding (45-74 years, n=1 561 429)
Unvaccinated 646 133 3144 486.6 ref ref
Any dose:
1-7 days 77 501 416 536.8 1.19 (1.06 to 1.33) 1.12 (1.00 to 1.25)
8-90 days 665 572 3401 511.0 1.21 (1.13 to 1.29) 1.14 (1.06 to 1.23)
Dose 1:
1-7 days 27 379 166 606.3 1.20 (1.02 to 1.41) 1.15 (0.98 to 1.35)
8-90 days 159 069 844 530.6 1.14 (1.04 to 1.25) 1.08 (0.98 to 1.19)
Dose 2:
1-7 days 27 216 122 448.3 1.06 (0.88 to 1.29) 0.98 (0.81 to 1.19)
8-90 days 320 329 1561 487.3 1.22 (1.11 to 1.34) 1.14 (1.03 to 1.25)
Dose 3:
1-7 days 22 907 128 558.8 1.45 (1.14 to 1.84) 1.28 (1.01 to 1.62)
8-90 days 186 174 996 535.0 1.40 (1.17 to 1.67) 1.25 (1.04 to 1.50)
Menstrual disturbance (12-49 years, n=1 634 294)
Unvaccinated 1 067 762 9615 900.5 ref ref
Any dose:
1-7 days 62 278 674 1082.2 1.41 (1.29 to 1.52) 1.13 (1.04 to 1.23)
8-90 days 480 493 4970 1034.4 1.38 (1.32 to 1.44) 1.06 (1.01 to 1.11)
Dose 1:
1-7 days 26 034 288 1106.2 1.49 (1.32 to 1.68) 1.26 (1.11 to 1.42)
8-90 days 147 296 1364 926.0 1.29 (1.21 to 1.37) 1.07 (1.00 to 1.14)
Dose 2:
1-7 days 24 969 250 1001.2 1.21 (1.06 to 1.37) 1.04 (0.91 to 1.18)
8-90 days 281 999 2981 1057.1 1.33 (1.26 to 1.40) 1.04 (0.98 to 1.10)
Dose 3:
1-7 days 11 274 136 1206.3 1.34 (1.11 to 1.62) 1.02 (0.84 to 1.23)
8-90 days 51 198 625 1220.8 1.43 (1.27 to 1.62) 1.00 (0.89 to 1.13)
Premenopausal bleeding (12-49 years, n=1 634 294)
Unvaccinated 1 070 500 1865 174.2 ref ref
Any dose:
1-7 days 62 625 133 212.4 1.44 (1.2 to 1.74) 1.08 (0.90 to 1.30)
8-90 days 484 600 1002 206.8 1.43 (1.3 to 1.58) 1.01 (0.91 to 1.12)
Dose 1:
1-7 days 26 144 54 206.6 1.40 (1.06 to 1.85) 1.14 (0.86 to 1.50)
8-90 days 148 118 273 184.3 1.32 (1.14 to 1.51) 1.01 (0.88 to 1.16)
Dose 2:
1-7 days 25 096 46 183.3 1.22 (0.90 to 1.65) 0.96 (0.71 to 1.30)
8-90 days 284 736 608 213.5 1.45 (1.29 to 1.63) 1.03 (0.92 to 1.17)
Dose 3:
1-7 days 11 385 33 289.9 1.67 (1.13 to 2.49) 1.14 (0.77 to 1.70)
8-90 days 51 745 121 233.8 1.32 (1.00 to 1.75) 0.83 (0.63 to 1.10)
*

Crude model included no covariates.

Full model included age, country of birth, employed as a healthcare worker, marital status, education, and health seeking behaviours during 2018-19 (ie, no. of primary care visits, number of specialist outpatient visits, and days of inpatient stay), and prior comorbidities and treatments listed in supplement table S1.