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. 2021 Nov 2;11:21464. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-00963-7

Table 3.

The most common side effects of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine based on demographic features and past COVID-19.

Female (N = 1982)
N (%)
Male (N = 1252)
N (%)
P value  ≤ 38 years old (N = 1518)
N (%)
 > 38 years old (N = 1718)
N (%)
P value COVID-19 in the last 3 months (N = 216) N (%) P value COVID-19 more than 3 months and less than a year before (N = 740) N (%) P value
Pain in injection site 1240 (62.6) 602 (48)  < 0.0001 931 (61.3) 911(53)  < 0.0001 140 (64.8) 0.016 468 (63.2)  < 0.0001
Fever 676 (34.1) 373 (29.7) 0.010 565 (37.2) 484 (28.2)  < 0.0001 84 (38.9) 0.042 275(37.2) 0.002
Chilling 669 (33.8) 295 (23.5)  < 0.0001 528 (34.8) 436 (25.4)  < 0.0001 67 (31) 0.700 248(25.7) 0.013
Headache 768 (38.8) 387 (30.9)  < 0.0001 574(37.8) 582 (33.9) 0.021 101(46.8) 0.001 320(43.2)  < 0.0001
Body pain 957 (48.3) 506 (40.4)  < 0.0001 747 (49.2) 716 (41.7)  < 0.0001 116(53.7) 0.001 392 (53)  < 0.0001
Fatigue 1083 (54.6) 565 (45.1)  < 0.0001 841 (55.4) 807 (47)  < 0.0001 132(61.1) 0.002 426 (57.6)  < 0.0001
Weakness 951 (48) 469 (37.4)  < 0.0001 729(48) 691 (40.2)  < 0.0001 115(53.2) 0.004 378 (51.1)  < 0.0001
Joint pain 648 (32.7) 334 (26.6)  < 0.0001 482 (31.8) 500 (29.1) 0.108 78(36.1) 0.044 294(39.7)  < 0.0001
Drowsiness 435 (21.9) 222 (17.7) 0.004 360 (23. 7) 297 (17.3)  < 0.0001 52(24.1) 0.161 174 (23.5) 0.114

P value < 0.05 showed by boldface.