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. 2022 Mar 14;7(2):e00915-21. doi: 10.1128/msphere.00915-21

TABLE 4.

Correlation between antibody response and adverse events of COVID-19 vaccines

Type of reaction Rho (P value)a of MN titer for:
CoronaVac (n = 53)
BNT162b2 (n = 80)
Day 28 Day 56 Day 21 Day 56
Systemic reactions −0.16 (0.257)b 0.10 (0.467) 0.20 (0.083) 0.008 (0.947)
    Fever 0.16 (0.147) 0.22 (0.048)
    Chills −0.062 (0.668) 0.047 (0.737) 0.095 (0.404)
    Headache 0.060 (0.678) 0.038 (0.787) 0.000 (0.998) −0.086 (0.451)
    Tiredness −0.076 (0.600) 0.051 (0.719) 0.14 (0.211) −0.025 (0.826)
    Nausea −0.089 (0.540) 0.15 (0.271) −0.058 (0.607) −0.077 (0.499)
    Vomiting 0.21 (0.134) 0.033 (0.771)
    Diarrhea 0.18 (0.217) 0.28 (0.039) 0.12 (0.308) 0.13 (0.256)
    Muscle pain −0.059 (0.686) 0.041 (0.772) 0.17 (0.123) −0.12 (0.282)
    Joint pain −0.089 (0.540) −0.12 (0.396) 0.12 (0.291) −0.18 (0.112)
    Skin rash −0.062 (0.668) −0.062 (0.661) 0.19 (0.101) 0.11 (0.324)
Local reactions 0.14 (0.328) 0.12 (0.400) 0.11 (0.340) −0.066 (0.565)
    Pain 0.14 (0.338) 0.11 (0.417) 0.051 (0.651) −0.094 (0.411)
    Redness −0.062 (0.661) 0.21 (0.062) 0.036 (0.751)
    Swelling 0.31 (0.028) 0.10 (0.458) 0.13 (0.270) 0.077 (0.498)
    Ecchymosis 0.17 (0.131) 0.12 (0.278)
    Itching 0.31 (0.028) 0.15 (0.287) 0.19 (0.099) −0.044 (0.703)
a

Rho, Spearman’ s correlation coefficient. A value of 0.5 > rho > 0.3 indicates low positive correlation. A P value of <0.05 indicates that the correlation coefficient is statistically significant.

b

-rho, rho < 0 and indicates negative correlation.