Table 1.
Differences in side effects according to sex and type of flu vaccine used.//= not statistically significant.
| Differences in Side Effects According to Sex | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men (%) | Women (%) | p value | |
| Local pain | 26.7 | 43.2 | 0.017692 |
| Weakness | 16.7 | 29.5 | 0.030157 |
| Headache | 15.0 | 9.1 | // |
| Fever | 16.7 | 20.5 | // |
| Malaise | 13.3 | 13.4 | // |
| Muscle pain | 10.0 | 13.6 | // |
| Joint pain | 5.0 | 11.4 | // |
| Chills | 5.0 | 6.8 | // |
| Lethargy | 3.3 | 6.8 | // |
| Differences in side effects according to type of flu vaccine used | |||
| Egg-based flu vaccine (%) | Culture cell-based flu vaccine (%) | p value | |
| Local pain | 39.0 | 26.7 | // |
| Weakness | 22.3 | 24.4 | // |
| Headache | 15.3 | 8.9 | // |
| Fever | 18.6 | 17.8 | // |
| Malaise | 11.9 | 13.3 | // |
| Muscle pain | 11.9 | 11.1 | // |
| Joint pain | 10.1 | 11.1 | // |
| Chills | 5.1 | 6.7 | // |
| Lethargy | 5.1 | 4.4 | // |