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. 2022 Aug 19;40(40):5752–5756. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.08.031

Table 2.

Mean inhibition rates per time sampling1 and characteristic of HCP

First sampling Second sampling Third sampling
n mean inhibition (%) n mean inhibition (%) n mean inhibition (%) p-value
SARS-CoV-2 infection2
no 507 86.33 (13.96) 473 73.38 (19.27) 212 61.18 (21.62) < 0.001
yes 37 95.41 (6.50) 37 92.29 (10.98) 18 93.62 (13.04)
Gender
male 163 83.56 (16.30) 139 72.08 (20.17) 55 55.91(22.98) 0.033
female 344 87.64 (12.51) 334 73.92 (18.88) 157 63.02 (20.88)
Age (years)
<40 133 91.16 (10.96) 115 78.60 (18.29) 39 70.02 (21.54) < 0.001
40–59 306 85.16 (13.53) 297 73.31 (18.63) 149 60.83 (21.01)
≥60 55 76.93 (17.20) 53 63.37 (20.80) 21 48.49 (19.99)
Mild adverse events3
yes 163 88.56 (12.75) 208 75.16 (18.40) 91 63.18 (21.59) 0.023
no 175 85.30 (14.80) 179 71.43 (19.63) 89 59.27 (21.54)
Comorbidities
yes 76 81.52 (17.55) 89 69.81 (19.30) 44 56.57 (22.11) < 0.001
no 255 88.30 (12.41) 291 74.43 (18.94) 134 63.0 (21.17)
Immunosuppressive drugs
yes 10 60.61 (25.79) 13 50.81 (22.41) 7 42.56 (20.23) < 0.001
no 328 87.68 (12.64) 374 73.87 (18.80) 174 62.07 (21.13)
BMI
< 20 18 87.29 (12.60) 22 73.46 (18.74) 13 60.43 (22.21) 0.780
20–25 122 86.84 (12.96) 139 73.39 (18.35) 75 60.99 (20.48)
25,1–30 118 86.44 (14.95) 128 75.32 (17.97) 51 59.14 (23.54)
> 30 52 87.39 (15.49) 65 70.22 (20.70) 22 63.18 (21.92)
Smoking
yes 114 80.93 (17.32) 123 65.82 (21.04) 63 51.06 (21.80) < 0.001
no 224 89.84 (10.64) 264 76.96 (16.95) 117 66.67 (19.43)
Regular physical excersice
yes 74 86.89 (13.12) 75 72.86 (16.71) 47 60.28 (20.13) 0.458
no 266 86.90 (14.12) 312 73.57 (19.58) 134 61.69 (22.10)

n: number of samples; HCP: healthcare personnel; SARS-CoV-2: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; BMI: body mass index.

1

after the 2nd vaccine dose

2

92 samples collected from 72 HCP with SARS-CoV-2 infection

3

after vaccination