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. 2020 Aug 26;17(3):723–730. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2020.1796423

Table 5.

Percentage of participants with reported unsolicited adverse events and serious adverse events during the 31-day (Days 1–31) period after dTpa vaccination overall and by age group (total vaccinated cohorts)

  Overall
N = 447
4–9 years
N = 111
10–17 years
N = 111
18–64 years
N = 113
≥65 years
N = 112
  n % (95% CI) n % (95% CI) n % (95% CI) n % (95% CI) n % (95% CI)
Any unsolicited AEs 52 11.6 (8.8–15.0) 17 15.3 (9.2–23.4) 10 9.0 (4.4–15.9) 19 16.8 (10.4–25.0) 6 5.4 (2.0–11.3)
Grade 3 7 1.6 (0.6–3.2) 0 0.0 (0.0–0.0) 1 0.9 (0.0–4.9) 5 4.4 (1.5–10.0) 1 0.9 (0.0–4.9)
Related to vaccination 16 3.6 (2.1–5.7) 4 3.6 (1.0–9.0) 4 3.6 (1.0–9.0) 6 5.3 (2.0–11.2) 2 1.8 (0.2–6.3)
Grade 3 related to vaccination 1 0.2 (0.0–1.2) 0 0.0 (0.0–3.3) 0 0.0 (0.0–3.3) 1 0.9 (0.0–4.8) 0 0.0 (0.0–3.2)
Medically attended AEs 16 3.6 (2.1–5.7) 8 7.2 (3.2–13.7) 4 3.6 (1.0–9.0) 4 3.5 (1.0–8.8) 0 0.0 (0.0–3.2)
SAEs up to study end, n (%) 1 (0.2) 0 (0) 1 (0.9) 0 (0) 0 (0)

N, number of participants; n (%), number (percentage) of participants reporting at least one AE; AE, adverse event; CI, confidence interval; dTpa, diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis vaccine; SAE, serious AE.