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. 2021 May 5;325(21):2204–2206. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.7489

Table. Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Study Participants, Stratified by Immune Response to the 2 Doses of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine.

No. (%) by postvaccination antibody response P value
Dose 1−
Dose 2−
Dose 1−
Dose 2+
Dose 1+
Dose 2+
No. 301 (46) 259 (39) 98 (15)
Age category, ya
18-39 46 (41) 35 (31) 32 (28) .002b
40-59 86 (42) 94 (46) 26 (13)
≥60 169 (50) 129 (38) 40 (12)
Sexc
Female 170 (45) 152 (40) 58 (15) .92d
Male 124 (46) 103 (39) 40 (15)
Racee
White 261 (45) 228 (40) 85 (15) .74d
Black or African American 11 (55) 7 (35) 2 (10)
Asian or Pacific Islander 13 (39) 12 (36) 8 (24)
Other 10 (48) 8 (38) 3 (14)
Organf
Kidney 168 (52) 118 (37) 36 (11) <.001d
Liver 26 (20) 62 (48) 41 (32)
Heart 42 (43) 45 (46) 10 (10)
Lung 43 (61) 22 (31) 6 (8)
Pancreas 4 (80) 1 (20) 0
Other multiorgan 15 (58) 7 (27) 4 (15)
Years since transplantg
<3 114 (63) 54 (30) 13 (7) .001b
3-6 69 (50) 53 (39) 15 (11)
7-11 54 (38) 61 (43) 26 (18)
≥12 62 (33) 85 (45) 43 (23)
Maintenance immunosuppression regimen
Includes antimetaboliteh 268 (57) 167 (35) 38 (8) <.001d
Does not include antimetabolitei 33 (18) 92 (50) 60 (32)
Vaccinej
mRNA-1273 (Moderna) 124 (40) 116 (38) 67 (22) <.001d
BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) 175 (51) 138 (40) 29 (8)
Enzyme immunossayk
Roche Elecsys 206 (44) 188 (40) 76 (16) .19
EUROIMMUN 95 (51) 71 (38) 22 (12)
a

Missing in 1 (column 3).

b

Kruskal-Wallis test, treating variables (age and years since transplant) as continuous.

c

Missing in 11 (7 in column 2, 4 in column 3).

d

Fisher exact test P value.

e

Missing in 10 (6 in column 2, 4 in column 3). Race/ethnicity options were defined by the investigators and classified by the participants. Race/ethnicity was assessed to evaluate potential race/ethnicity differences in immune response. “Other” includes American Indian or Alaska Native, Arabic or Middle Eastern, multiracial, or chose not to answer.

f

Missing in 8 (3 in column 2, 4 in column 3, 1 in column 4).

g

Missing in 9 (2 in column 2, 6 in column 3, 1 in column 4).

h

Includes mycophenolate mofetil, mycophenolic acid, or azathioprine.

i

Includes corticosteroids, tacrolimus, cyclosporine, sirolimus, everolimus, or belatacept, but not antimetabolites.

j

Missing in 9 (2 in column 2, 5 in column 3, 2 in column 4).

k

Manufacturer cutoffs; positive ≥0.80 U/mL (Roche); positive ≥1.1 arbitrary units (EUROIMMUN).