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. 2010 Mar 17;10:71. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-71

Table 5.

Incidence of TIV reactogenicity events from Day 0to Day 3 in the Safety Set

Symptom TIV
N = 3783 n (%)
Placebo
N = 3828 n (%)
P-value
At least 1 vaccine reactogenicity event 2487 (66) 1675 (44) <0.0001
Fever 96 (3) 55 (1) 0.0005
Injection site pain/soreness 1933 (51) 530 (14) <0.0001
Injection site redness 475 (13) 234 (6) <0.0001
Injection site swelling 418 (11) 109 (3) <0.0001
Myalgia and/or arthralgia 692 (18) 389 (10) <0.0001
Headache 683 (18) 716 (19) 0.5491
Tiredness 761 (20) 678 (18) 0.0049
Chills 158 (4) 136 (4) 0.1526
Malaise 338 (9) 236 (6) <0.0001
Red eyes 250 (7) 231 (6) 0.2772
Swelling of the face 51 (1) 37 (<1) 0.1327
Cough 286 (8) 250 (7) 0.0719
Chest tightness or difficulty in breathing 128 (3) 107 (3) 0.1274
Sore throat, hoarseness or pain on swallowing 324 (9) 344 (9) 0.5689

>30 minutes post-vaccination

Fisher's Exact test (p < 0.05 considered significant)

Temperature ≥37.5°C/99.5°F