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. 2020 Aug 12;17(2):351–357. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2020.1778408

Table 2.

Adverse event list after any vaccination

  Zagreb group
(N = 600)
Essen group
(N = 598)
Control group
(N = 600)
Total p
Total AEs, n (%) 184 (30.7) 220 (36.8) 194 (32.3) 598 (33.3) 0.0677
Solicited AEs, n (%) 169 (28.2) 205 (34.3) 175 (29.2) 549 (30.5) 0.0498
Local AEs, n (%) 84 (14.0) 100 (16.7) 72 (12.0) 256 (14.2) 0.0658
Pain 78 (13.0) 86 (14.4) 60 (10.0) 224 (12.5) 0.0605
Erythema 16 (2.7) 19 (3.2) 14 (2.3) 49 (2.7) 0.6507
Itch 5 (0.8) 19 (3.2) 11 (1.8) 35 (2.0) 0.0140*
Swell 8 (1.3) 9 (1.5) 5 (0.8) 22 (1.2) 0.5543
Induration 0 (0.0) 1 (0.2) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.1) 0.3326
Systemic AEs, n (%) 123 (20.5) 151 (25.3) 136 (22.7) 410 (22.8) 0.1478
Fever 94 (15.7) 116 (19.4) 108 (18.0) 318 (17.7) 0.2319
Headache 33 (5.5) 37 (6.2) 27 (4.5) 97 (5.4) 0.4146
Fatigue 20 (3.3) 25 (4.2) 22 (3.7) 67 (3.7) 0.7275
Myalgia 5 (0.8) 11 (1.8) 6 (1.0) 22 (1.2) 0.2621
Arthralgia 2 (0.3) 7 (1.2) 2 (0.3) 11 (0.6) 0.1077
Nausea 8 (1.3) 8 (1.3) 7 (1.2) 23 (1.3) 0.9660
Allergy 2 (0.3) 6 (1.0) 7 (1.2) 15 (0.8) 0.2286
Unsolicited AEs, n (%) 35 (5.8) 45 (7.5) 39 (6.5) 119 (6.6) 0.4982

*The incidence of itch: Essen group vs. control group p = 0.1440, Essen group vs. Zagreb group p = 0.0037.