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. 2021 Nov 3;9(11):1269. doi: 10.3390/vaccines9111269

Table 2.

Reporting of local adverse reactions in the 7 days after the first and second vaccine dose administration, stratified by symptom severity.

Dose 1 Dose 2
N = 296 N = 275
Redness, n (% and 95%CI)
Any 46 (15.5%, 95%CI 11.6–20.2) 47 (17.1%, 95%CI 12.8–22.1)
Mild 43 (14.5%, 95%CI 10.7–19.1) 39 (14.2%, 95%CI 10.3–18.9)
Moderate 3 (1.0%, 95%CI 0.2–2.9) 6 (2.2%, 95%CI 0.8–4.7)
Severe 0 (0) 2 (0.7%, 95%CI 0.1–2.6)
Grade 4 0 (0) 0 (0)
Swelling, n (% and 95%CI)
Any 88 (29.7%, 95%CI 24.6–35.3) 98 (35.6%, 95%CI 30.0–41.6)
Mild 80 (27.0%, 95%CI 22.1–32.5) 90 (32.7%, 95%CI 27.2–38.6)
Moderate 8 (2.7%, 95%CI 1.2–5.3) 8 (2.9%, 95%CI 1.3–5.7)
Severe 0 (0) 0 (0)
Grade 4 0 (0) 0 (0)
Pain at the injection site, n (% and 95%CI)
Any 285 (96.3%, 95%CI 93.4–98.1) 257 (93.5%, 95%CI 89.9–96.1)
Mild 133 (44.9%, 95%CI 39.2–50.8) 136 (49.5%, 95%CI 43.4–55.5)
Moderate 146 (49.3%, 95%CI 43.5–55.2) 116 (42.2%, 95%CI 36.3–48.3)
Severe 6 (2.0%, 95%CI 0.8–4.4) 5 (1.8%, 95%CI 0.6–4.2)
Grade 4 0 (0) 0 (0)