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. 2022 Mar 3;139(9):1409–1412. doi: 10.1182/blood.2021014989

Table 1.

Baseline patient characteristics according to presence of NAbs >30% 1 month after 2 doses of BNT162b2 (day 50)

Variable <30% NAbs at day 50 (n = 57) >30% NAbs at day 50 (n = 110) Total (N = 167) P
Age, y 70 (66-77) 68 (58-74) 68 (60-75) .03
BMI, kg/m2 26 (24-28) 26 (24-29) 26 (24-29) .47
Males sex 64.9 53.6 57.5 .16
ISS .96
 1 47.3 46.1 46.5
 2 27.3 29.4 28.7
 3 25.4 24.5 24.8
RISS .9
 1 35.9 32.1 33.3
 2 51.3 55.6 54.2
 3 12.8 12.4 12.5
Treatment category <.001
 None 3.5 8.2 6.6
 PI based 8.8 6.4 7.2
 IMID based 24.6 8.2 13.8
 Lenalidomide maintenance 3.5 19.1 13.8
 PI plus IMID based 8.8 27.2 21
 Anti-CD38 based 40.3 27.2 31.7
 Anti-BCMA based 10.5 3.6 6
Disease response ≥CR 5.2 8.1 7.2 .07
Diabetes 19.6 13.8 15.3 .2
Cardiovascular disease 49.1 51.4 50.6 .8
Autoimmune disease 1.8 2.8 2.4 .8
Lymphocyte count, cells per mm3 1200 (800-1500) 1300 (1100-1800) 1300 (1000-1700) .07
IgG, mg/dL 604 (300-1145) 965 (532-1218) 827 (462-1213) .01
IgM, mg/dL 19 (19-24) 23 (19-37) 21 (19-37) .09
IgA, mg/dL 30 (26-125) 93 (32-194) 59 (28-180) <.001
NAbs at day 50, % 20 (12-25) 81 (59-93) 58 (24-89) <.001
NAbs before third dose, % 15 (7-23) 43 (25-80) 27 (14-66) <.001
Time from second to third dose, mo 4.9 (4.5-5.6) 4.9 (4.5-5.3) 4.9 (4.5-5.4) .4

Data are presented as % or median (IQR).

BMI, body mass index; CR, complete remission; Ig, immunoglobulin; IMID, immunomodulatory drug; ISS, International Staging System; PI, proteasome inhibitor; RISS, Revised International Staging System.