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. 2022 Feb 5;16(2):102424. doi: 10.1016/j.dsx.2022.102424

Table 2.

Geometric mean titre (GMT) of anti-spike antibody in SARS-CoV-2 naive, breakthrough infection and individuals with past history of COVID-19 after first dose of vaccine until 6-month after the second dose.


Antibody titer, Geometric Mean (95% CI) in AU/mL

First sample,
Second sample,
Third sample,
Fourth sample,
P∗∗
21 days post-V1 21 days post-V2 3-months post-V2 6-months post-V2
Total cohort;N = 481 97.72 117.18 100 69.18 P < 0.001; d - <0.001, e − <0.001, f - <0.001, g - 0.005, h - <0.001, i -<0.001
(96.45–97.87) (116.54–117.65) (98.94–100.52) (68.95–69.33)
SARS-CoV-2 naïve;N = 360 40.22 102.98 67.83 44.77 P < 0.001; d - <0.001, e − <0.001, f - 0.177, g - <0.001, h - <0.001, i - <0.001
(39.62–40.89) (101.59–103.22) (67.24–68.15) (44.09–45.23)
Breakthrough infection; N = 64 37.15 93.32 338.84 245.47 P < 0.001; d - <0.001, e − <0.001, f - <0.001, g - <0.001, h - <0.001, i - <0.001
(37.03, 37.26) (93.21–93.46) (337.77–339.16) (245.29–245.54)
Past history of COVID-19; N = 57 240.28 303.71 277.86 205.24 P < 0.001; d - 0.049, e − 0.262, f - 0.146, g - 0.149, h - <0.001, i - <0.001
(238.76–240.01) (302.94–304.02) (276.19–278.22) (204.87–206.31)
p∗ p < 0.001; a - <0.001,b - 0.370, c - <0.001 p < 0.001; a - <0.001,b - 0.684, c - <0.001 p < 0.001; a - <0.001,b - <0.001; c - 0.397 p < 0.001; a - <0.001,b - <0.001; c - 0.369
SARS-CoV-2 naive cohorts, N = 360
Covishield recipients 61.93 132.88 112.78 73.83 P < 0.001; d - <0.001, e − <0.001, f - 0.012, g - <0.001, h - <0.001, i - <0.001
(54.85–69.52) (122.88–144.40) (100.23–126.89) (64.54–84.47)
Covaxin recipients 16.17 50.11 50.81 46.27 P < 0.001; d - <0.001, e − <0.001, f - 0.002, g −0.201, h - 0.891, i - 0.634
(10.96–23.87) (37.30–67.31) (33.46–77.15) (31.18–68.68)
p∗ <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.010
Propensity-matched SARS-CoV-2 naive cohorts, N = 41
Covishield recipients 56.93 128.94 111.83 71.28 P < 0.001; d - <0.001, e − <0.001, f - 0.019, g - <0.001, h - <0.001, i - <0.001
(53.74–60.28) (124.48–130.65) (108.98–124.83) (63.4–83.47)
Covaxin recipients 18.72 53.83 51.31 47.73 P < 0.001; d - <0.001, e − <0.001, f - 0.004, g - 0.840, h - 0.392, i- 0.296
(14.68–25.11) (39.07–66.18) (34.96–76.74) (34.78–69.92)
p∗ <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.021

p∗ < 0.05 considered as statistically significant when p computed by ANOVA test followed by post-hoc Bonferroni test; a: p value between SARS-CoV-2 naive and past history of COVID-19, b: p value between SARS-CoV-2 naive and breakthrough infection, c: p value between past history of COVID-19 and breakthrough infection; AND.

P∗∗ < 0.05 considered as statistically significant when p computed by repeated measures ANOVA followed by post-hoc test; d: p value between first and second samples, e: p value between first and third samples, f: p value between first and fourth samples, g: p value between second and third samples, h: p value between second and fourth samples, i: p value between third and fourth samples.

V1: first dose of vaccine; V2: Second dose of vaccine; CI: Confidence interval; SARS-CoV-2: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; COVID-19: Coronavirus disease 2019; AU: Arbitrary unit.