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. 2022 Feb 28:1–18. doi: 10.1080/10408363.2022.2038539

Table 2.

Effect of sex in humoral response following Pfizer-BioNTech (mRNA BNT162b2) vaccine administration.

Author Country of origin Sample size Median age (range) Measured immunoglobulin % difference of means
Salvagno et al. [12] Italy 925 Seropositive: ND y/o (30–56)
Seronegative: ND y/o (31–57)
Anti-S-RBD IgG D30
Among all participants, IgG titer is 13% higher in females vs. males
Among baseline seronegative participants, IgG titer is 16% higher in females vs. males
Pellini et al. [13] Italy 248 47 y/o (23–69) Anti-S1/S2 IgG D28
IgG titer is 37% higher in females vs. males
Jabal et al. [10] Israel 514 57 y/o (30–60+) Anti-N IgG D21
IgG titer is 15% higher in females vs. males