Table 1.
Demographic and anamnestic characteristics of Algerian healthcare workers receiving COVID-19 vaccines (n = 721).
| Variable | Outcome |
Frequency (n) |
Percentage (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Female | 426 | 59.1% |
| Male | 295 | 40.9% | |
| Age group | 20–30 years-old | 284 | 39.4% |
| 31–40 years-old | 229 | 31.8% | |
| 41–50 years-old | 126 | 17.5% | |
| 51–60 years-old | 66 | 9.2% | |
| > 60 years-old | 16 | 2.2% | |
| Tobacco | Smoker | 86 | 11.9% |
| smoking | Non-smoker | 635 | 88.1% |
| Chronic | Autoimmune disorders | 5 | 0.7% |
| illnesses | Cardiovascular disease | 9 | 1.2% |
| Chronic hypertension | 59 | 8.2% | |
| COPD | 33 | 4.6% | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 39 | 5.4% | |
| Gastrointestinal disease | 3 | 0.4% | |
| Thyroid disorders | 16 | 2.2% | |
| Others | 43 | 6% | |
| Total | 168 | 23.3% | |
| Allergy | Yes | 218 | 30.2% |
| No | 503 | 69.8% | |
| Medications | Anti-asthma | 38 | 5.3% |
| Anticoagulants | 4 | 0.6% | |
| Antidepressants | 13 | 1.8% | |
| Anti-diabetes | 35 | 4.9% | |
| Antihistamines | 112 | 15.5% | |
| Antihypertensive | 55 | 7.6% | |
| Anti-reflux | 36 | 5% | |
| Cholesterol-lowering | 10 | 1.4% | |
| Contraceptives | 20 | 2.8% | |
| Thyroid hormone | 34 | 4.7% | |
| Total | 276 | 38.3% |