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. 2022 Mar 16;376:e068373. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2021-068373

Table 6.

Incidence rate ratios (95% confidence intervals) for covid-19 vaccination or SARS-CoV-2 infection and the occurrence of Bell’s palsy estimated using self-controlled case series analysis in in SIDIAP

ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 BNT162b2 mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 infection
No of events Incidence rate ratio (95% CI) No of events Incidence rate ratio (95% CI) No of events Incidence rate ratio (95% CI) No of events Incidence rate ratio (95% CI)
Baseline 4588 Ref 9150 Ref 3791 Ref 3892 Ref
Days pre-vaccination/pre-infection:
 −21 to −1 12 0.44 (0.23 to 0.73) 74 0.69 (0.54 to 0.86) 11 0.80 (0.41 to 1.38) 44 2.93 (2.13 to 3.92)
Day 0 <5 <5 <5 8 11.13 (5.07 to 20.80)
Days post-vaccination/post-infection:
 1-7 7 0.77 (0.33 to 1.49) 22 0.62 (0.39 to 0.91) <5 17 3.38 (2.01 to 5.28)
 8-14 7 0.77 (0.33 to 1.50) 35 1.02 (0.72 to 1.40) 6 1.37 (0.54 to 2.79) 6 1.21 (0.48 to 2.47)
 15-21 11 1.22 (0.63 to 2.10) 27 0.85 (0.57 to 1.22) <5 <5
 1-21 25 0.92 (0.60 to 1.33) 84 0.83 (0.66 to 1.02) * 0.99 (0.54 to 1.64) * 1.82 (1.21 to 2.61)
 1-90 77 1.31 (1.03 to 1.64)

Events with fewer than five occurrences have been omitted for privacy reasons.

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Since event number <5 was blinded, the total number of events during the period was also blinded.