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. 2023 Oct 25;15(10):e47670. doi: 10.7759/cureus.47670

Table 4. Comparisons of the number of AEs for vaccinated individuals with demographic and clinical characteristics.

Pearson’s chi-square tests were performed for statistical analyses.

AE = adverse event; BMI = body mass index

Subject characteristics (n = 922) Number of AEs after the first dose, N (%) Number of AEs after the second dose, N (%)
None 1–3 >3 P-value (two-sided) None 1–3 >3 P-value (two-sided)
Gender
Male 153 (35.01) 265 (60.64) 19 (4.35) <0.0001 231 (52.86) 203 (46.45) 3 (0.69) 0.0005
Female 105 (21.65) 336 (69.38) 44 (9.17) 205 (42.27) 265 (54.64) 15 (3.09)
Age group (years)
18–43 155 (27.58) 368 (65.25) 41 (7.37) 0.800 259 (45.92) 297 (52.66) 8 (1.42) 0.2013
44–59 77 (28.31) 178 (65.44) 17 (6.35) 128 (47.06) 135 (49.63) 9 (3.31)
60–74 23 (28.40) 53 (65.43) 5 (6.27) 45 (55.56) 35 (43.21) 1 (1.23)
75–89 3 (60.00) 2 (40.00) 0 (0.00) 4 (80.00) 1 (20.00) 0 (0.00)
BMI category
Underweight 3 (30.00) 6 (60.00) 1 (10.00) 0.400 6 (60.00) 3 (30.00) 1 (10.00) 0.0300
Normal weight 100 (31.85) 198 (62.42) 18 (5.73) 159 (50.64) 152 (48.41) 3 (0.96)
Overweight 106 (24.47) 296 (68.05) 33 (7.69) 186 (42.76) 240 (55.17) 9 (2.07)
Obese 48 (31.07) 96 (61.94) 11 (7.10) 83 (53.55) 67 (43.23) 5 (3.23)
Severe obesity 1 (12.50) 7 (87.50) 0 (0.00) 2 (25.00) 6 (75.00) 0 (0.00)
Smoking status
No 192 (26.56) 477 (65.98) 54 (7.5) 0.1571 326 (45.09) 382 (52.84) 15 (2.07) 0.0383
Yes 63 (31.66) 127 (63.82) 9 (4.5) 110 (55.28) 86 (43.22) 3 (1.51)
Alcohol
No 251 (27.73) 591 (65.30) 63 (6.96) 0.2577 425 (46.91) 463 (51.10) 18 (1.99) 0.2096
Yes 7 (43.75) 9 (56.25) 0 (0.00) 11 (68.75) 5 (31.25) 0 (0.00)
Hookah
No 243 (27.84) 571 (65.41) 59 (6.76) 0.8243 411 (47.08) 444 (50.86) 18 (2.06) 0.5502
Yes 15 (30.61) 30 (61.22) 4 (8.16) 25 (51.02) 24 (48.98) 0 (0.00)