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. 2022 Jan 7;40(7):1019–1025. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.01.002

Table 3.

Relationship between participant characteristics and adverse reactions.

Adverse reactions after the 1st dose
Adverse reactions after the 2nd dose
(−) (+) P value (−) (+) P value
Number of participants (%) 245 (38.1) 398 (61.9) 115 (18.3) 514 (81.7)
Age, years 44.3 ± 11.3 43.9 ± 10.5 0.619 46.9 ± 11.0 43.5 ± 10.7 0.001
Female sex (%) 157 (64.1) 303 (76.1) 0.001 65 (56.5) 384 (74.7) <0.001
BMI, kg/m2 21.8 ± 2.9 21.9 ± 3.3 0.698 22.2 ± 3.2 21.8 ± 3.1 0.211
Pre-vaccination antibody titer, AU/mL 5.5 ± 34.1 12.6 ± 132.5 0.409 9.5 ± 51.4 10.2 ± 116.4 0.951
Systemic steroid use (%) 2 (0.8) 5 (1.3) 0.714 0 (0) 6 (1.2) 0.598
Other immuno-suppressant use (%) 1 (0.4) 10 (2.5) 0.059 2 (1.7) 8 (1.6) 1.000
History of immunodeficiency (%) 0 (0) 1 (0.3) 1.000 0 (0) 1 (0.2) 1.000
History of malignancy (%) 6 (2.5) 6 (1.5) 0.388 3 (2.6) 9 (1.8) 0.467
History of autoimmune diseases (%) 5 (2.0) 12 (3.0) 0.615 2 (1.7) 14 (2.72) 0.749
History of diabetes (%) 2 (0.8) 2 (0.5) 0.638 1 (0.87) 3 (0.58) 0.555
History of COVID-19 (%) 3 (1.2) 6 (1.5) 1.000 3 (2.6) 6 (1.2) 0.213
History of COVID-19-like illness (%) 20 (8.2) 39 (9.8) 0.574 14 (12.3) 44 (8.6) 0.213
History of close contact with COVID-19 patients (%) 12 (4.9) 6 (1.5) 0.014 4 (3.5) 14 (2.7) 0.550

BMI, body mass index; COVID-19, coronavirus disease.