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. 2020 Feb 3;86(1):11. doi: 10.5334/aogh.2449

Table 3.

The relationship between DPT and Pentavalent vaccine characteristics and their adverse events.

Variable Type Vaccine Chi-2 P-value

DPT Pentavalent

Type of reaction Severe localized condition 1375 (7.83) 1377 (13.16) 3.8 0.0001
High fever* 4944 (28.15) 4960 (47.4)
Fever 1997 (11.37) 120 (1.15)
Mild localized condition 5564 (31.68) 2018 (19.29)
Lyme abscess 576 (3.28) 170 (1.62)
Seizures caused by fever 287 (1.63) 186 (1.78)
Screaming constantly 614 (3.5) 605 (5.78)
Loss of consciousness 91 (0.52) 45 (0.43)
Paralysis of the limb 3 (0.02) 2 (0.02)
Diarrhea and vomiting 277 (1.58) 858 (8.2)
Others 1833 (10.44) 123 (1.18)
Complaint classification Programming error 718 (4.4) 298 (2.85) 263.1 0.0001
Reactions to vaccines 15099 (92.47) 10110 (96.63)
Reaction to the injection 287 (1.76) 489(0.46)
Concurrency 139 (0.85) 4 (0.04)
Unknown 85 (0.52) 3 (0.03)
Hospitalization Yes 157 (1.5) 420 (2.39) 0.11 0.7
No 10307 (98.5) 17141 (61.97)
Report type Immediate 472 (4.51) 966 (5.5) 13.19 0.0001
Non-Immediate 9992 (95.49) 16595 (94.5)
Gender Male 5584 (53.36) 9137 (52.1) 4.2 0.05
Female 4880 (46.64) 8399 (52.1)
Location Urban 4025 (38.47) 8788 (47.9) 354 0.0001
Rural 6439 (61.53) 8773 (49.96)

* High fever is defined as higher than 39c.