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. 2015 Nov 3;12(3):651–654. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2015.1101198

Table 1.

Numbers and rates of adverse events reported by vaccination group and type of reaction.

  MMR+V (n=5,130)
MMRV (n=5,265)
 
  n (%) n (%) RR (95% CI)
Local reaction 490 (9.6) 151 (2.9) 3.33 (2.79–3.98)*
pain 87 (1.7) 39 (0.7) 2.31 (1.58–3.38)*
swelling 155 (3.0) 47 (0.9) 3.38 (2.45–4.68)*
redness 296 (5.8) 62 (1.2) 4.89 (3.73–6.42)*
blisters 64 (1.2) 17 (0.3) 3.90 (2.28–6.66)*
Systemic reaction 2,567 (50.0) 2,736 (52.0) 0.96 (0.92–1.00)
fever ≤39.4°C 1,421 (27.7) 2,086 (39.6) 0.58 (0.54–0.63)*
fever ≥39.5°C 199 (3.9) 245 (4.7) 0.80 (0.69–1.00)
irritability 655 (12.8) 497 (9.4) 1.35 (1.21–1.51)*
skin blotches and marks 1,016 (19.8) 901 (17.1) 1.16 (1.07–1.26)*
parotid swelling 37 (0.7) 22 (0.4) 1.73 (1.02–2.92)*
arthralgia 55 (1.1) 31 (0.6) 1.82 (1.17–2.82)*
febrile seizures 7 (0.14) 9 (0.17) 0.80 (0.30–2.15)
no febrile seizures 2 (0.04) 1 (0.02) 2.05 (0.18–22.6)
unrelated reaction 690 (13.5) 520 (9.9) 1.36 (1.22–1.52)*
no reaction reported 1,869 (36.4) 2,009 (38.2) 0.95 (0.91–1.00)
*

p < 0.05