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. 2022 Oct 17;17(10):e0268419. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268419

Table 1. Participant characteristics according to primary vaccine regimen (N = 285).

Total (BNT162b2 x 2) + BNT162b2 (BBIBP-CorV x 2) + BNT162b2 p-value*
N = 285 N = 56 N = 229
n (%) | Median [IQR] n (%) | Median [IQR] n (%) | Median [IQR]
Age (years) 46 [36; 60] 67 [62; 73] 43 [34; 53] <0.001
Age Group
 18–29 years old 23 (8.1) 0 (0.0) 23 (10.0) <0.001††
 30–59 years old 189 (66.3) 6 (10.7) 183 (79.9)
 60 plus years old 73 (25.6) 50 (89.3) 23 (10.0)
Gender
 Female 190 (66.7) 28 (50.0) 162 (70.7) 0.003
 Male 95 (33.3) 28 (50.0) 67 (29.3)
Comorbidity
 No Comorbidities 214 (75.1) 28 (50.0) 186 (81.2) <0.001
 Presence of Comorbidities 71 (24.9) 28 (50.0) 43 (18.8)
Number of Comorbidities
 No Comorbidities 214 (75.1) 28 (50.0) 186 (81.2) <0.001
 One Comorbidity 61 (21.4) 22 (39.3) 39 (17.0)
 Two or more Comorbidities 10 (3.5) 6 (10.7) 4 (1.8)
List of Comorbidities
 High Blood pressure 29 (10.2) 15 (26.8) 14 (6.1) <0.001
 Diabetes Mellitus 17 (6.0) 8 (14.3) 9 (3.9) 0.003
 Obesity 7 (2.5) 0 (0.0) 7 (3.1) 0.352††
 Asthma/COPD 12 (4.2) 2 (3.6) 10 (4.4) 1.000††
 Cancer (any type) 5 (1.8) 3 (5.4) 2 (0.9) 0.054††
 Cardiovascular Disease 2 (0.7) 0 (0.0) 2 (0.9) 1.000††
 Others 12 (4.2) 7 (12.5) 5 (2.2) 0.001
Prior COVID-19 Infection
 No 201 (70.5) 45 (80.4) 156 (68.1) 0.072
 Yes 84 (29.5) 11 (19.6) 73 (31.9)
Time until booster dose (months)
 5 33 (11.6) 33 (58.9) 0 (0.0) <0.001††
 6 78 (27.4) 20 (35.7) 58 (25.3)
 7 159 (55.8) 3 (5.4) 156 (68.1)
 8 15 (5.3) 0 (0.0) 15 (6.6)
Adverse Reactions after booster
 No 34 (11.9) 13 (23.2) 21 (9.2) 0.004
 Yes 251 (88.1) 43 (76.8) 208 (90.8)
Number of Adverse Reactions
 None 34 (11.9) 13 (23.2) 21 (9.2) <0.001
 One 104 (36.5) 26 (46.4) 78 (34.1)
 Two or more 147 (51.6) 17 (30.4) 130 (56.8)
Adverse Reaction occurred
 Local pain 242 (84.9) 43 (76.8) 199 (86.9) 0.058
 Malaise 93 (32.6) 11 (19.6) 82 (35.8) 0.021
 Headache 79 (27.7) 6 (10.7) 73 (31.9) 0.002
 Drowsiness 43 (15.1) 3 (5.4) 40 (17.5) 0.022††
 Fever 41 (14.4) 6 (10.7) 35 (15.3) 0.382
 Others 54 (19.0) 1 (1.8) 53 (23.1) <0.001††
Time between 1st and 2nd sample (days) 15 [14; 15] 14 [14; 17] 15 [14; 15] 0.686

IQR: Interquartile range. IgG: Immunoglobulin G. AU/ml: Arbitrary units per ml.

Chi Square test.

††Fisher´s Exact test.

Mann-Whitney U test.

*Comparison between BNT162b2 x 2 + BNT162b2 vs BBIBP-CorV x 2 + BNT162b2.