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. 2021 Dec 14;28(2):410–422. doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01630-0

Table 3.

IRR (95% CI) for individual outcomes in predefined risk periods immediately before and after exposure to vaccination and before and after a positive SARS-CoV-2 test result, adjusted for calendar time from 1 December 2020 to 24 August 2021 (cells with an asterisk are suppressed). n/a, not applicable; pyrs, person-years

ChAdOx1nCoV-19 vaccine BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine mRNA-1273 vaccine Positive SARS-CoV-2 test
Events pyrs IRR (95% CI) Events pyrs IRR (95% CI) Events pyrs IRR (95% CI) Events pyrs IRR (95% CI)
Myocarditis
Baseline 550 409.0 1.00 398 307.7 1.00 22 20.4 1.00 119 216.7 1.00
−28 to −1 days: first dose/positive test 81 70.4 0.74 (0.58, 0.95) 49 49.0 0.75 (0.55, 1.01) * * 0.41 (0.09, 1.87) 32 21.0 2.84 (1.89, 4.28)
Day 0: first dose/positive test * * 0.54 (0.14, 2.19) * * 1.24 (0.40, 3.88) * * n/a 36 0.8 78.21 (52.90, 115.62)
1–7 days: first dose/positive test 47 17.6 1.76 (1.29, 2.42) 27 12.5 1.45 (0.97, 2.17) 7 0.7 8.38 (3.53, 19.91) 68 5.8 21.08 (15.34, 28.96)
8–14 days: first dose/positive test 35 17.6 1.22 (0.85, 1.74) 23 12.5 1.23 (0.80, 1.90) * * n/a 37 5.9 11.29 (7.70, 16.57)
15–21 days: first dose/positive test 30 17.6 1.03 (0.71, 1.51) 21 12.4 1.14 (0.73, 1.78) * * n/a 18 6.0 5.36 (3.24, 8.89)
22–28 days: first dose/positive test 30 17.5 1.03 (0.71, 1.51) 23 12.0 1.33 (0.86, 2.04) * * n/a 11 6.1 3.08 (1.65, 5.75)
−28 to −1 days: second dose 58 58.3 0.65 (0.49, 0.87) 48 33.3 0.96 (0.70, 1.32) * * 2.19 (0.45, 10.69)
Day 0: second dose * * 0.64 (0.16, 2.56) * * n/a * * n/a
1–7 days: second dose 13 14.8 0.60 (0.34, 1.04) 23 9.3 1.75 (1.13, 2.70) * * 23.10 (6.46, 82.56)
8–14 days: second dose 28 14.8 1.31 (0.88, 1.93) 15 9.3 1.16 (0.69, 1.97) * * n/a
15–21 days: second dose 19 14.8 0.91 (0.57, 1.45) 14 9.3 1.14 (0.66, 1.97) * * n/a
22–28 days: second dose 24 14.8 1.16 (0.76, 1.76) 12 9.1 1.01 (0.57, 1.82) * * n/a
1–28 days: first dose/positive test 142 70.2 1.29 (1.05, 1.58) 94 49.4 1.31 (1.03, 1.66) 9 2.9 2.97 (1.34, 6.58) 134 23.9 9.76 (7.51, 12.69)
1–28 days: second dose 84 59.2 1.00 (0.78, 1.27) 64 37.1 1.30 (0.98, 1.72) * * 9.84 (2.69, 36.03)
Pericarditis
Baseline 581 405.2 1.00 414 285.9 1.00 12 11.2 1.00 95 115.4 1.00
−28 to −1 days: first dose/positive test 64 70.7 0.54 (0.42, 0.71) 42 47.2 0.63 (0.45, 0.87) * * 1.62 (0.52, 5.07) 29 10.0 3.57 (2.30, 5.55)
Day 0: first dose/positive test * * n/a * * 0.74 (0.18, 2.98) * * n/a 11 0.4 35.04 (18.47, 66.46)
1–7 days: first dose/positive test 19 17.7 0.59 (0.37, 0.94) 11 12.0 0.59 (0.32, 1.07) * * n/a 11 2.8 4.85 (2.56, 9.18)
8–14 days: first dose/positive test 34 17.7 1.00 (0.70, 1.44) 9 12.0 0.46 (0.24, 0.90) * * n/a 9 2.9 3.81 (1.90, 7.63)
15–21 days: first dose/positive test 23 17.6 0.64 (0.42, 0.99) 19 11.9 0.98 (0.62, 1.57) * * n/a * * 1.63 (0.59, 4.45)
22–28 days: first dose/positive test 26 17.6 0.71 (0.47, 1.06) 20 11.6 1.02 (0.65, 1.61) * * n/a * * 1.15 (0.36, 3.66)
−28 to −1 days: second dose 58 61.0 0.43 (0.32, 0.57) 35 36.5 0.47 (0.33, 0.67) * * n/a
Day 0: second dose * * n/a * * 0.99 (0.32, 3.09) * * n/a
1–7 days: second dose 37 15.6 1.12 (0.79, 1.58) 12 10.1 0.58 (0.33, 1.04) * * n/a
8–14 days: second dose 29 15.6 0.89 (0.61, 1.31) 16 10.1 0.80 (0.48, 1.32) * * n/a
15–21 days: second dose 36 15.6 1.13 (0.80, 1.60) 21 10.1 1.05 (0.67, 1.64) * * n/a
22–28 days: second dose 15 15.5 0.49 (0.29, 0.82) 26 10.1 1.34 (0.89, 2.02) * * n/a
1–28 days: first dose/positive test 102 70.6 0.74 (0.59, 0.92) 59 47.4 0.77 (0.58, 1.02) * * 1.64 (0.45, 5.94) 27 11.7 2.79 (1.80, 4.32)
1–28 days: second dose 117 62.4 0.91 (0.73, 1.13) 75 40.4 0.93 (0.72, 1.21) * * n/a
Cardiac arrhythmia
Baseline 118,356 88,084.1 1.00 113,968 81,778.6 1.00 1,221 867.6 1.00 15,119 24,323.4 1.00
−28 to −1 days: first dose/positive test 17,562 15,500.4 0.78 (0.76, 0.79) 12,767 13,158.8 0.72 (0.70, 0.73) 184 126.8 0.90 (0.77, 1.05) 6,618 2,223.6 4.82 (4.68, 4.97)
Day 0: first dose/positive test 289 553.9 0.33 (0.30, 0.38) 232 497.0 0.33 (0.29, 0.37) 9 4.5 1.32 (0.69, 2.54) 3,847 86.7 69.83 (67.32, 72.43)
1–7 days: first dose/positive test 5,873 3,872.1 0.95 (0.92, 0.97) 3,958 3,471.4 0.79 (0.76, 0.81) 38 31.6 0.80 (0.58, 1.11) 4,593 613.3 11.73 (11.33, 12.14)
8–14 days: first dose/positive test 5,981 3,867.0 0.93 (0.90, 0.95) 4,837 3,458.9 0.92 (0.89, 0.95) 40 31.4 0.88 (0.64, 1.21) 2,643 624.7 6.57 (6.30, 6.85)
15–21 days: first dose/positive test 6,243 3,863.0 0.95 (0.92, 0.97) 4,971 3,404.5 0.92 (0.90, 0.95) 43 32.1 1.02 (0.75, 1.38) 966 638.8 2.30 (2.15, 2.45)
22–28 days: first dose/positive test 6,128 3,857.0 0.92 (0.89, 0.94) 4,593 3,150.5 0.89 (0.86, 0.91) 35 29.1 0.90 (0.64, 1.26) 738 653.8 1.67 (1.55, 1.80)
−28 to −1 days: second dose 18,595 13,728.4 0.75 (0.74, 0.77) 15,010 10,907.1 0.75 (0.74, 0.77) 38 43.2 0.66 (0.47, 0.92)
Day 0: second dose 265 502.4 0.30 (0.26, 0.33) 257 444.6 0.32 (0.29, 0.37) * * n/a
1–7 days: second dose 5,236 3,517.4 0.84 (0.82, 0.87) 4,737 3,112.3 0.85 (0.83, 0.88) 22 11.2 1.93 (1.25, 2.96)
8–14 days: second dose 5,931 3,517.4 0.97 (0.94, 0.99) 5,288 3,112.3 0.95 (0.92, 0.98) 13 11.2 1.39 (0.80, 2.42)
15–21 days: second dose 6,019 3,517.4 1.00 (0.97, 1.03) 5,495 3,112.3 0.99 (0.96, 1.02) 6 11.2 0.84 (0.37, 1.89)
22–28 days: second dose 5,833 3,510.8 0.99 (0.97, 1.02) 5,427 3,098.4 0.99 (0.96, 1.02) 7 9.8 1.43 (0.67, 3.03)
1–28 days: first dose/positive test  24,225 15,459.0 0.94 (0.93, 0.96) 18,359 13,485.4 0.89 (0.87, 0.90) 156 124.1 0.90 (0.76, 1.06) 8,940 2,530.5 5.35 (5.21, 5.50)
1–28 days: second dose 23,019 14,063.1 0.95 (0.94, 0.96) 20,947 12,435.3 0.95 (0.93, 0.96) 48 43.4 1.46 (1.08, 1.98)