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. 2021 Dec 11;3(1):28–41.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.medj.2021.12.002

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of cases and controls among BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 recipients who were considered in the primary test-negative analysis

Characteristic BNT162b2 case population
BNT162b2 control population
mRNA-1273 case population
mRNA-1273 control population
1+ positive symptomatic test after full vaccination 1+ negative symptomatic test after full vaccination, sub-sampled 1+ positive symptomatic test after full vaccination 1+ negative symptomatic test after full vaccination, sub-sampled
Number of individuals 2,407 12,763 814 5,879
Number of symptomatic tests 2,407 13,668 814 6,294

Age (years)

Mean (SD) 49.9 (16.1) 51.1 (18.9) 56.7 (17.9) 58.6 (18.2)
18–24 96 (4.0%) 630 (4.9%) 32 (3.9%) 237 (4.0%)
25–34 308 (12.8%) 2,150 (16.8%) 78 (9.6%) 557 (9.5%)
35–44 445 (18.5%) 2,217 (17.4%) 135 (16.6%) 731 (12.4%)
45–54 384 (16.0%) 1,821 (14.3%) 106 (13.0%) 712 (12.1%)
55–64 416 (17.3%) 2,225 (17.4%) 150 (18.4%) 1,077 (18.3%)
65–74 364 (15.1%) 1,865 (14.6%) 191 (23.5%) 1,539 (26.2%)
75–84 292 (12.1%) 1,304 (10.2%) 84 (10.3%) 695 (11.8%)
85+ 102 (4.2%) 551 (4.3%) 38 (4.7%) 331 (5.6%)

State of primary residence

Arizona 147 (6.1%) 1,198 (9.4%) 33 (4.1%) 410 (7.0%)
Florida 464 (19.3%) 2,071 (16.2%) 281 (34.5%) 1,741 (29.6%)
Iowa 6 (0.2%) 6 (0.0%) 2 (0.2%) 3 (0.1%)
Minnesota 1,052 (43.7%) 6,020 (47.2%) 342 (42.0%) 2,611 (44.4%)
Wisconsin 737 (30.6%) 3,468 (27.2%) 156 (19.2%) 1,113 (18.9%)
Other 1 (0.0%) 1 (0.0%)

Sex
Female 1,444 (60.0%) 8,071 (63.2%) 431 (52.9%) 3,364 (57.2%)
Male 963 (40.0%) 4,691 (36.8%) 383 (47.1%) 2,514 (42.8%)
Unknown 1 (0.0%) 1 (0.0%)

Race

Asian 56 (2.3%) 475 (3.7%) 10 (1.2%) 176 (3.0%)
Black/African American 54 (2.2%) 322 (2.5%) 17 (2.1%) 169 (2.9%)
Native American 2 (0.1%) 31 (0.2%) 3 (0.4%) 18 (0.3%)
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 2 (0.1%) 9 (0.1%) 2 (0.2%) 1 (0.0%)
White 2,227 (92.5%) 11,501 (90.1%) 744 (91.4%) 5,354 (91.1%)
Other 46 (1.9%) 288 (2.3%) 21 (2.6%) 106 (1.8%)
Unknown 20 (0.8%) 137 (1.1%) 17 (2.1%) 55 (0.9%)

Ethnicity

Hispanic or Latino 85 (3.5%) 459 (3.6%) 40 (4.9%) 236 (4.0%)
Not Hispanic or Latino 2,284 (94.9%) 12,017 (94.2%) 744 (91.4%) 5,535 (94.1%)
Unknown 38 (1.6%) 287 (2.2%) 30 (3.7%) 108 (1.8%)

Elixhauser Comorbidity Index

0 1,725 (71.7%) 9,326 (73.1%) 566 (69.5%) 3,895 (66.3%)
1–4 359 (14.9%) 1,702 (13.3%) 125 (15.4%) 875 (14.9%)
5–9 216 (9.0%) 1,133 (8.9%) 93 (11.4%) 695 (11.8%)
10+ 107 (4.4%) 602 (4.7%) 30 (3.7%) 414 (7.0%)

Number of PCR tests prior to first dose

0 1,108 (46.0%) 4,680 (36.7%) 356 (43.7%) 2,277 (38.7%)
1 569 (23.6%) 3,030 (23.7%) 192 (23.6%) 1,407 (23.9%)
2+ 730 (30.3%) 5,053 (39.6%) 266 (32.7%) 2,195 (37.3%)

First dose vaccine site

Arizona 58 (2.4%) 450 (3.5%) 18 (2.2%) 218 (3.7%)
Florida 350 (14.5%) 1,661 (13.0%) 226 (27.8%) 1,448 (24.6%)
Mayo Clinic Health System 953 (39.6%) 4,010 (31.4%) 158 (19.4%) 1,249 (21.2%)
Rochester (Minnesota) 526 (21.9%) 3,883 (30.4%) 372 (45.7%) 2,339 (39.8%)
Other/not recorded 520 (21.6%) 2,759 (21.6%) 40 (4.9%) 625 (10.6%)

Dates of full vaccination

Earliest Jan 20 Jan 18 Feb 8 Feb 1
25th % Feb 17 Feb 15 Feb 25 Mar 2
Median Mar 17 Mar 15 Mar 25 Mar 25
75th % Apr 22 Apr 22 Apr 21 Apr 21
Latest Sep 2 Aug 30 Aug 1 Aug 30

Days between full vaccination and test

Minimum 0 0 1 0
25th % 113 111 120 114
Median 149 145 147 142
75th % 184 182 167 167
Maximum 238 243 221 221

Cases were defined as the first positive symptomatic test after full vaccination for a given individual, and controls were defined as negative symptomatic tests after full vaccination. Individuals can thus contribute only one case but multiple controls. A negative test is only considered if the individual had no prior positive tests at the time of testing. Controls were sub-sampled to avoid counting multiple negative tests from a single symptomatic illness and to limit the number of negative tests contributed by a single individual over the study duration. Characteristics of the underlying populations from which cases and controls are derived are shown in Tables S1 (BNT162b2) and S2 (mRNA-1273).