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. 2022 Sep 7;8(2):e002460. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002460

Table 1.

Characteristics of the study cohort of patients without immune-mediated inflammatory disease (IMID) and according to the subsequent diagnosis of IMID or other condition

All (N=108) New-onset IMID (N=33) No new-onset IMID (N=75) P value*
Inpatients 88 (81) 13 (39) 75 (100) <0.0001
Outpatients 20 (19) 20 (61) 0 (0)
M 65 (60) 20 (61) 45 (60) 0.95
F 43 (40) 13 (39) 30 (40)
Vaccine type† 0.07
 BNT162b2 71 (66) 18 (54) 53 (71)
 mRNA-1273 11 (10) 4 (12) 7 (9)
 ChAdOx1 18 (17) 10 (30) 8 (11)
 Ad26.COV2.S 7 (6) 1 (4) 6 (8)
 Unknown 1 (1) 0 (0) 1 (1)
Doses received prior to IMID diagnosis
 1 NA 9 NA NA
 2 16
 Full-schedule+booster‡ 8
Age, mean±SD 64±17 62±16 65±17 0.42
In-hospital stay, days, mean±SD 14±9 12±9 15±9
Comorbidities, median (range) 3 (0–7) 2 (0–7) 3 (0–6) 0.14
Type of comorbidity, N (%) of patients
Cardiovascular diseases 17 (52) 49 (65) 0.18
Respiratory diseases 2 (6) 13 (17) 0.12
Metabolic disorders 11 (33) 16 (21) 0.18
Gastrointestinal diseases 5 (15) 18 (24) 0.3
Renal diseases 2 (6) 9 (12) 0.34
Neurological diseases 4 (12) 12 (16) 0.6
Endocrine diseases 12 (36) 24 (32) 0.66
Urogenital diseases 2 (6) 7 (9) 0.57
Non-inflammatory MSK diseases 3 (9) 11 (15) 0.43
Neoplasms 4 (12) 8 (11) 0.82
Dermatological diseases 1 (3) 0 (0) 0.54
Psychiatric diseases 0 (0) 3 (4) 0.8
Ophtalmological diseases 0 (0) 3 (4) 0.8
Haematological disorders 1 (3) 2 (3) 0.91
ENT diseases 0 (0) 3 (4) 0.8

Values are shown as number (%) of patients unless otherwise stated.

BNT162b2, vaccine developed by Pfizer/BioNTech; mRNA1273, vaccine developed by Moderna; ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, vaccine developed by AstraZeneca; Ad26.COV2.S, vaccine developed by Janssen; NA, not applicable; SD, standard deviation; MSK, musculoskeletal; ENT, ear nose throath.

*New-onset IMID versus No new-onset IMID. P values were calculated with χ2 test or Mann-Withney U test as needed.

†This refers to the dose(s) received prior to the booster vaccination.

‡Booster dose was BNT162b2 in 2/8 patients and mRNA-1273 in 6/8 patients.

ENT, ears, nose and throat; MSK, musculoskeletal; N, number; NA, not applicable; SD, standard deviation.