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. 2021 Jul;21(7):939–949. doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00224-3

Table.

Demographic characteristics of the study population

BNT162b2
ChAdOx1 nCoV-19
First dose (N=282 103) Second dose (N=28 207) First dose (N=345 280)
Sex*
Female 173 866 (61·6%) 19 640 (69·6%) 199 269 (57·7%)
Male 108 237 (38·4%) 8567 (30·4%) 146 011 (42·3%)
Age, years* 62·0 (14·3); 64 (54–72) 61·0 (17·3); 59 (49–76) 63·3 (11·5); 65 (59–71)
Body-mass index, kg/m2 26·8 (5·5) 26·5 (5·3) 26·8 (5·3)
Health-care workers* 31 996 (11·3%) 8828 (31·3%) 9746 (2·8%)
Comorbidities* 77 433 (27·4%) 7617 (27·0%) 88 453 (25·6%)
Previous COVID-19* 14 369 (5·1%) 2251 (8·0%) 14 231 (4·1%)
Systemic side-effects
Any 38 155 (13·5%) 6216 (22·0%) 116 473 (33·7%)
Headache 21 910 (7·8%) 3731 (13·2%) 78 734 (22·8%)
Fatigue 23 674 (8·4%) 4064 (14·4%) 72 924 (21·1%)
Chills and shiver 7166 (2·5%) 1812 (6·4%) 50 761 (14·7%)
Diarrhoea 3885 (1·4%) 416 (1·5%) 7546 (2·2%)
Fever 4236 (1·5%) 1076 (3·8%) 28 268 (8·2%)
Arthralgia 9021 (3·2%) 1978 (7·0%) 39 648 (11·5%)
Myalgia 6479 (2·3%) 1415 (5·0%) 24 274 (7·0%)
Nausea 5926 (2·1%) 981 (3·5%) 19 509 (5·7%)
Local side-effects§
Any 150 023 (71·9%) 9025 (68·5%) 104 282 (58·7%)
Pain 61 016 (29·2%) 4515 (34·3%) 33 939 (19·1%)
Swelling 13 264 (6·4%) 1285 (9·8%) 9769 (5·5%)
Tenderness 119 431 (57·2%) 6705 (50·9%) 87 609 (49·3%)
Itch 6242 (3·0%) 840 (6·4%) 6934 (3·9%)
Swollen armpit glands 2278 (1·1%) 549 (4·2%) 1994 (1·1%)
Redness 7891 (3·8%) 953 (7·2%) 7431 (4·2%)
Warmth 14 024 (6·7%) 1245 (9·4%) 14 033 (7·9%)
Bruising 1872 (0·9%) 64 (0·5%) 4269 (2·4%)
Allergic reactions
Rash 682 (0·2%) 103 (0·4%) 1432 (0·4%)
Skin burning 2075 (0·7%) 324 (1·1%) 5940 (1·7%)
Red welts on face and lips 469 (0·2%) 59 (0·2%) 846 (0·2%)

Data are n (%), unless otherwise indicated.

*

p<0·05 for the difference between the first dose of BNT162b2 and the first dose of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (Student's t test for continuous variables and χ2 test for categorical variables).

Data are mean (SD); median (IQR).

Data are mean (SD).

§

Denominators are 208 767 for the first BNT162b2 dose, 13 179 for the second BNT162b2 dose, and 177 655 for the first ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 dose.