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. 2023 Jul 31;18(1):39. doi: 10.5334/gh.1252

Table 1.

Estimated incidences of myocarditis and pericarditis after COVID-19 vaccination in existing cohort studies.


OUTCOME ESTIMATED INCIDENCE POPULATION SOURCE

Vaccine: BNT162b2

Myocarditis and pericarditis 1.71 per 100,000 person-days1 Males aged 18–25 Wong et al. [21]

Myocarditis and pericarditis 0.52 per 100,000 person-days1 Females aged 18–25 Wong et al. [21]

Myocarditis and myopericarditis 1.5 per 100,000 individuals2 Males (all ages) Husby et al. [24]

Myocarditis and myopericarditis 1.3 per 100,000 individuals2 Females (all ages) Husby et al. [24]

Myocarditis and myopericarditis 1.6 per 100,000 individuals2 Individuals aged 12–39 Husby et al. [24]

Myocarditis and myopericarditis 1.0 per 100,000 individuals2 Individuals aged 12–17 Husby et al. [24]

Myocarditis IRR after first dose: 1.313 All individuals Patone et al. [5]

IRR after second dose: 1.303

Vaccine: mRNA-1273

Myocarditis and pericarditis 2.17 per 100,000 person-days1 Males aged 18–25 Wong et al. [21]

Myocarditis and pericarditis 0.45 per 100,000 person-days1 Females aged 18–25 Wong et al. [21]

Myocarditis and myopericarditis 6.3 per 100,000 individuals2 Males (all ages) Husby et al. [24]

Myocarditis and myopericarditis 2.0 per 100,000 individuals2 Females (all ages) Husby et al. [24]

Myocarditis and myopericarditis 5.7 per 100,000 individuals2 Individuals aged 12–39 Husby et al. [24]

Myocarditis IRR after first dose: 2.973 All individuals Patone et al. [5]

IRR after second dose: 9.843

Vaccine: ChAdOx1

Myocarditis and pericarditis 0.18 per 100,000 individuals4 All individuals Rahman et al. [25]

Myocarditis IRR after first dose: 1.293 All individuals Patone et al. [5]

IRR after second dose: 1.003

1 Estimate only for incidence after second dose of the vaccine; 2 Incidence per 100,000 vaccinated individuals within 28 days of vaccination; 3 Incidence Rate Ratios (IRRs) for 1–28 days following vaccination, included here as incidence estimates were not available; 4 Incidence per 100,000 vaccinated individuals within 21 days of vaccination.