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. 2005 Dec 1;65(7):913–918. doi: 10.1136/ard.2005.043943

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
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.