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. 2022 Feb 18;146(2):739–748. doi: 10.1093/brain/awac067

Table 2.

Patient characteristics of GBS cases documented in England occurring within 6 weeks of first dose COVID-19 vaccination with specific breakdown of gender and age for ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 and tozinameran recipients

Patient characteristics Cases Estimated first dose vaccinations (million) Estimated 6-week GBS case rate (/100 000 first doses) 95% CI
Gender Female 76 17.0 0.448 0.358–0.560
Male 120 15.1 0.795 0.665–0.951
Age group, years 18–29 7 2.0 0.355 0.172–0.732
30–39 16 3.9 0.415 0.255–0.674
40–49 33 5.9 0.557 0.396–0.782
50–59 54 7.1 0.762 0.584–0.994
60–69 51 5.7 0.890 0.677–1.170
70–79 33 4.7 0.699 0.498–0.982
80+ 4 2.8 0.145 0.056–0.372
Vaccine ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 176 20.3 0.868 0.749–1.006
Tozinameran 21 11.5 0.183 0.120–0.280
mRNA-1273 1 0.3 0.325 0.057–1.844
ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 only
Gender Female 68 10.4 0.656 0.517–0.831
Male 106 9.9 1.069 0.884–1.293
Age, years 18–29 4 1.1 0.380 0.148–0.977
30–39 16 1.6 0.986 0.607–1.601
40–49 30 4.4 0.683 0.478–0.975
50–59 50 5.6 0.899 0.682–1.185
60–69 48 4.0 1.196 0.902–1.586
70–79 28 2.8 1.007 0.697–1.455
80+ 0 0.9
Tozinameran only
Gender Female 7 6.5 0.108 0.052–0.224
Male 14 5.0 0.280 0.167–0.470
Age 18–29 3 0.9 0.332 0.113–0.976
30–39 0 2.1
40–49 2 1.4 0.147 0.040–0.538
50–59 4 1.5 0.264 0.103–0.678
60–69 3 1.7 0.175 0.059–0.514
70–79 5 1.9 0.258 0.110–0.604
80+ 4 1.9 0.210 0.082–0.539

Note mRNA-1273 recipients were not separately analysed due to only a single case being reported.