Table 6. Vaccination status of patients treated with TNF-blockers,compared to that of patients who were never treated with a “classic” immunosuppressant. The chi-squared and Fisher exact tests were used to compute p-values.
| TNF-blockers (39 pts.) | Never immuno-suppressed (67 pts.) | p | |||
| Number | % | Number | % | ||
| Tetanus < 10 years | 23 | 59.0 | 47 | 70.1 | 0.24 |
| Diphtheria < 10 years | 22 | 56.4 | 47 | 70.1 | 0.15 |
| Pertussis < 10 jahre | 6 | 15.4 | 14 | 20.9 | 0.48 |
| Hepatitis B | 14 | 35.9 | 21 | 31.3 | 0.63 |
| Measles, 1 x | 4 | 10.3 | 3 | 4.5 | 0.23 |
| Measles, > 1 x | 15 | 38.5 | 26 | 38.8 | 0.97 |
| Rubella, 1 x | 7 | 17.9 | 10 | 14.9 | 0.68 |
| Rubella, > 1 x | 4 | 10.3 | 12 | 17.9 | 0.29 |
| Mumps, 1 x | 4 | 10.3 | 8 | 11.9 | 0.79 |
| Mumps, > 1 x | 2 | 5.1 | 7 | 10.4 | 0.19 |
| Influenza 2008 | 8 | 20.5 | 17 | 25.4 | 0.57 |
| Pneumococci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Prednisolone (ever) | 37 | 94.9 | 44 | 65.7 | < 0.0001 |