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. 2024 Jun 26;12(7):713. doi: 10.3390/vaccines12070713

Table 2.

Variables Considered in Model.

Variable Time-Dependency Completeness Notes
Age Independent 100% Age at time of enrollment
Sex Independent 100%
Smoking history Independent 99.7% Never vs current/former
Ethnicity Independent 85%
Cancer stage Independent 95% At time of enrollment
Histology Independent 99.7% SCLC and NSCLC sub-histologies
Time after full vaccination Dependent 100% The time interval after the patient received a full vaccination
Variable Event Percent (N)
Steroid use Dependent; 30 Days 32.4% Systemic steroids such as prednisone, methylprednisolone, dexamethasone, hydrocortisone, or other, used long-term (>7 days).
Chemotherapy Dependent; 30 Days 64.5% Taxanes, platinum, pemetrexed, gemcitabine, vinorelbine, or other
Targeted Therapy Dependent; 30 Days 18.6% Osimertinib, erlotinib, gefitinib, afatinib, dacomitinib, bevacizumab, ramucirumab, crizotinib, alectinib, brigatinib, ceritinib, lorlatinib, entrectinib, selpercatinib, capmatinib, pralsetinib, larotrectinib, cabozantinib, vandetanib, tepotinib, or other
Immune therapy Dependent; 30 Days 64.5% Pembrolizumab, nivolumab, atezolizumab, durvalumab, cemiplimab, ipilimumab, or other
SARS-CoV-2 Booster Dependent; 90 Days 77% See Supplementary Table S3
Influenza vaccination Dependent; 90 Days 100% Unless administered concurrently with SARS-CoV-2 booster
SARS-CoV-2 infection Dependent; prior to reading 51.7% Includes any report of a positive test or anti-N plasma values above the 2000 unit threshold prior to the titer measurement.

“Completeness” indicates the completeness of data for variables that apply to all patients. “Days” indicates the amount of time prior to a blood reading in which the event was considered. Variable Events indicates an optional intervention or a SARS-CoV-2 infection.