Table 7 Influence of immunosuppressive drug treatment on vaccination efficacy: titres ⩾40 to influenza.
No drug treatment (n = 12) | Hydroxychloroquine (n = 17) | Azathioprine (n = 13) | Prednisone (n = 14) | p Value | |
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A/H1N1 ⩾40 before vaccination | 6 (50%) | 8 (47%) | 7 (54%) | 6 (43%) | 0.982 |
A/H1N1 ⩾40 after vaccination | 11 (92%) | 14 (82%) | 9 (69%) | 13 (93%) | 0.396 |
A/H3N2 ⩾40 before vaccination | 8 (67%) | 11 (65%) | 7 (54%) | 9 (64%) | 0.929 |
A/H3N2 ⩾40 after vaccination | 12 (100%) | 16 (94%) | 8 (62%) | 12 (86%) | 0.030 |
B/Hong Kong ⩾40 before vaccination | 5 (42%) | 2 (12%) | 4 (31%) | 3 (21%) | 0.295 |
B/Hong Kong ⩾40 after vaccination | 11 (92%) | 12 (71%) | 8 (62%) | 8 (57%) | 0.226 |
Fisher's exact test was used for all variables.