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. 2022 Aug 29;40(41):5942–5949. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.08.028

Table 2.

Vaccines side effects of the study population.

BNT162b2 mRNA-1273 ChAdOx1n CoV-19 JNJ-78436735 Adjusted p value * Overall
Arm pain (%)
 Any 5131 (75·1%) 3283 (83·8%) 346 (63·0%) 1706 (67·2%) < 0·0001 10,466 (75·6%)
 Mild 3515 (51·5%) 1844 (47·1%) 284 (51·7%) 1404 (55·3%) 7047 (50·9%)
 Moderate 1455 (21·3%) 1196 (30·5%) 56 (10·2%) 278 (10·9%) 2985 (21·6%)
 Severe 161 (2·4%) 243 (6·2%) 6 (1·1%) 24 (0·9%) 434 (3·1%)
Headache (%)
 Any 1752 (25·6%) 1253 (32·0%) 241 (43·9%) 1190 (46·9%) < 0·0001 4436 (32·1%)
 Mild 1247 (18·3%) 826 (21·1%) 158 (28·8%) 719 (28·3%) 2950 (21·3%)
 Moderate 402 (5·9%) 319 (8·1%) 63 (11·5%) 322 (12·7%) 1106 (8·0%)
 Severe 103 (1·5%) 108 (2·8%) 20 (3·6%) 149 (5·9%) 380 (2·7%)
Muscle pain (%)
 Any 1766 (25·9%) 1223 (31·2%) 275 (50·1%) 1239 (48·8%) < 0·0001 4503 (32·5%)
 Mild 1291 (18·9%) 778 (19·9%) 161 (29·3%) 625 (24·6%) 2855 (20·6%)
 Moderate 376 (5·5%) 318 (8·1%) 79 (14·4%) 409 (16·1%) 1182 (8·5%)
 Severe 99 (1·4%) 127 (3·2%) 35 (6·4%) 205 (8·1%) 466 (3·4%)
Fever (%)
 Any 754 (11·0%) 780 (19·9%) 175 (31·9%) 960 (37·8%) < 0·0001 2669 (19·3%)
 Mild 603 (8·8%) 494 (12·6%) 109 (19·9%) 544 (21·4%) 1750 (12·6%)
 Moderate 124 (1·8%) 200 (5·1%) 47 (8·6%) 305 (12·0%) 676 (4·9%)
 Severe 27 (0·4%) 86 (2·2%) 19 (3·5%) 111 (4·4%) 243 (1·8%)
Tiredness (%)
 Any 3094 (45·3%) 2120 (54·1%) 354 (64·5%) 1743 (68·6%) < 0·0001 7311 (52·8%)
 Mild 2105 (30·8%) 1283 (32·7%) 192 (35·0%) 887 (34·9%) 4467 (32·3%)
 Moderate 721 (10·6%) 542 (13·8%) 116 (21·1%) 501 (19·7%) 1880 (13·6%)
 Severe 268 (3·9%) 295 (7·5%) 46 (8·4%) 355 (14·0%) 964 (7·0%)
Cutaneous eruptions (%)
 Any 279 (4·1%) 236 (6·0%) 26 (4·7%) 133 (5·2%) 0·0002 674 (4·9%)
 Mild 222 (3·2%) 156 (4·0%) 23 (4·2%) 97 (3·8%) 498 (3·6%)
 Moderate 41 (0·6%) 54 (1·4%) 1 (0·2%) 21 (0·8%) 117 (0·8%)
 Severe 16 (0·2%) 26 (0·7%) 2 (0·4%) 15 (0·6%) 59 (0·4%)
Loss of appetite (%)
474 (6·9%) 434 (11·1%) 82 (14·9%) 388 (15·3%) < 0·0001 1378 (10·0%)
Nausea/vomiting (%)
362 (5·3%) 332 (8·5%) 51 (9·3%) 240 (9·5%) < 0·0001 985 (7·1%)
Facial paralysis (%)
25 (0·4%) 18 (0·5%) 4 (0·7%) 10 (0·4%) 1·0000 57 (0·4%)

All percentages are presented as column-wise calculations. * p values from χ2 tests, for accounting proportions differences, have been adjusted using Holm’s method. † Significant difference among groups at α = 0.01.