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. 2022 Mar 29;7:40. doi: 10.1038/s41541-022-00431-x

Table 2.

Antibody avidity over time among one-dose and three-dose participants, stratified by HPV16 serostatus at first HPV vaccination.

Study visit One dose (N = 774) Three dose (N = 1158)
HPV16 seronegative HPV16 seropositive Seropositive/Seronegative HPV16 seronegative HPV16 seropositive Seropositive/Seronegative
n GMA (95% CI) % change† n GMA (95% CI) % change† Ratio (95% CI) n GMA (95% CI) % change n GMA (95% CI) % change Ratio (95% CI)
First HPV vaccination 0 N/A N/A 27 0.78 (0.53–1.15) N/A N/A 0 N/A N/A 43 0.97 (0.79–1.20) N/A N/A
Year 1 42 2.39 (2.13–2.68) N/A 10 1.39 (0.88–2.18) 77.0 0.58 (0.36–0.93) 117 2.87 (2.80–2.94) N/A 44 2.44 (2.16–2.76) 150.4 0.85 (0.75–0.96)
Year 2 47 2.62 (2.44–2.82) 9.8 9 1.81 (1.25–2.62) 30.5 0.69 (0.47–1.00) 109 2.99 (2.89–3.09) 4.0 33 2.31 (1.95–2.74) −5.2 0.77 (0.65–0.92)
Year 3 44 2.81 (2.67–2.96) 7.2 7 1.50 (0.94–2.38) −17.2 0.53 (0.33–0.85) 93 2.98 (2.90–3.07) −0.2 26 2.65 (2.36–2.98) 14.5 0.89 (0.79–1.00)
Year 4 81 2.76 (2.62–2.90) −1.9 42 1.74 (1.47–2.06) 16.3 0.63 (0.53–0.75) 152 3.02 (2.97–3.07) 1.2 39 2.47 (2.18–2.80) −6.9 0.82 (0.72–0.93)
Year 7 119 2.76 (2.66–2.86) 0.1 43 2.00 (1.75–2.30) 15.2 0.73 (0.63–0.84) 168 3.07 (3.01–3.13) 1.8 57 2.52 (2.26–2.82) 2.2 0.82 (0.73–0.92)
Year 9 82 2.73 (2.55–2.92) −1.1 43 1.78 (1.48–2.15) −10.9 0.65 (0.54–0.80) 106 3.05 (2.98–3.12) −0.8 30 2.43 (2.07–2.84) −3.7 0.80 (0.68–0.93)
Year 11 125 2.70 (2.60–2.80) −1.2 53 1.82 (1.55–2.13) 1.9 0.67 (0.57–0.79) 108 3.02 (2.94–3.11) −0.8 33 2.55 (2.28–2.84) 5.0 0.84 (0.75–0.94)
Overall* 540 2.70 (2.61–2.80) 234 1.80 (1.55–2.08) 0.66 (0.57–0.77) 853 3.01 (2.96–3.05) 305 2.48 (2.27–2.71) 0.82 (0.75–0.90)
p-for-trend** 0.28 0.79 0.85 0.82

N total number of samples, n number of samples tested per study visit, GMA Geometric Mean of the Avidity Index, CI confidence intervals, N/A not applicable.

% change was calculated based on two consecutive visits.

*Overall GMAs calculated over years 1–11. P value comparing overall GMA ratios was 0.017, presented in bold.

** p-for-trend within dose group, over time in years 4–11.