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. 2022 Nov 21;194(45):E1529–E1536. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.220676

Table 5:

Ratio of observed-to-expected rates of myocarditis among males following mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccination*

Risk window Vaccine Age group, yr OE ratio (95% CI)
All doses Dose 1 Dose 2 Dose 3
7 days Pfizer 12–17 95.59 (53.5–157.66) 42.56 (8.78–124.38) 134.29 (61.41–254.93) 139.80 (28.83–408.55)
18–29 16.98 (9.89–27.19) 2.45 (0.06–13.66) 34.05 (18.13–58.23) 20.02 (4.13–58.50)
30–39 3.94 (0.81–11.51) 3.13 (0.08–17.45) 3.35 (0.08–18.68) 11.84 (0.30–65.95)
40–49 5.80 (0.70–20.94) 0.00 (0.00–27.54) 8.05 (0.20–44.85) 25.51 (0.65–142.11)
50–59 6.85 (0.83–24.74) 0.00 (0.00–33.4) 20.05 (2.43–72.45) 0.00 (0.00–100.90)
60–69 4.01 (0.10–22.32) 0.00 (0.00–38.59) 12.10 (0.31–67.40) 0.00 (0.00–102.01)
70–79 0.00 (0.00–11.15) 0.00 (0.00–29.43) 0.00 (0.00–32.29) 0.00 (0.00–64.13)
≥ 80 10.45 (1.26–37.73) 0.00 (0.00–61.02) 35.25 (4.27–127.32) 0.00 (0.00–130.95)
Moderna 12–17 NA NA NA NA
18–29 71.44 (46.67–104.68) 6.08 (0.15–33.87) 148.32 (95.03–220.69) 26.58 (0.67–148.11)
30–39 20.55 (8.87–40.50) 0.00 (0.00–27.75) 50.77 (20.41–104.6) 8.45 (0.21–47.06)
40–49 6.07 (0.15–33.80) 0.00 (0.00–71.62) 18.08 (0.46–100.73) 0.00 (0.00–63.56)
50–59 6.69 (0.17–37.26) 23.61 (0.60–131.53) 0.00 (0.00–75.52) 0.00 (0.00–63.26)
60–69 0.00 (0.00–27.28) 0.00 (0.00–114.68) 0.00 (0.00–87.46) 0.00 (0.00–60.58)
70–79 12.78 (1.55–46.17) 0.00 (0.00–118.33) 0.00 (0.00–89.82) 23.74 (2.88–85.77)
≥ 80 0.00 (0.00–47.39) 0.00 (0.00–232.48) 0.00 (0.00–188.82) 0.00 (0.00–86.93)
21 days Pfizer 12–17 36.11 (21.04–57.82) 18.92 (5.15–48.43) 44.76 (20.47–84.98) 62.13 (16.93–159.08)
18–29 6.66 (4.07–10.28) 1.63 (0.20–5.91) 13.10 (7.33–21.60) 6.67 (1.38–19.50)
30–39 4.81 (2.40–8.62) 6.26 (2.30–13.63) 3.35 (0.69–9.80) 7.89 (0.96–28.50)
40–49 3.86 (1.05–9.89) 2.49 (0.06–13.87) 5.37 (0.65–19.38) 8.50 (0.22–47.37)
50–59 5.71 (1.85–13.32) 6.04 (0.73–21.8) 6.68 (0.81–24.15) 9.12 (0.23–50.80)
60–69 2.67 (0.32–9.65) 0.00 (0.00–12.86) 4.03 (0.10–22.47) 9.22 (0.23–51.36)
70–79 0.00 (0.00–3.72) 0.00 (0.00–9.81) 0.00 (0.00–10.76) 0.00 (0.00–21.38)
≥ 80 3.48 (0.42–12.58) 0.00 (0.00–20.34) 11.75 (1.42–42.44) 0.00 (0.00–43.65)
Moderna 12–17 NA NA NA NA
18–29 24.73 (16.30–35.98) 2.03 (0.05–11.29) 51.50 (33.33–76.03) 8.86 (0.22–49.37)
30–39 8.56 (4.11–15.75) 5.01 (0.61–18.11) 16.92 (6.80–34.87) 2.82 (0.07–15.69)
40–49 2.02 (0.05–11.27) 0.00 (0.00–23.87) 6.03 (0.15–33.58) 0.00 (0.00–21.19)
50–59 4.46 (0.54–16.11) 15.74 (1.91–56.85) 0.00 (0.00–25.17) 0.00 (0.00–21.09)
60–69 2.46 (0.06–13.73) 0.00 (0.00–38.23) 0.00 (0.00–29.15) 5.47 (0.14–30.50)
70–79 4.26 (0.52–15.39) 0.00 (0.00–39.44) 0.00 (0.00–29.94) 7.91 (0.96–28.59)
≥ 80 4.28 (0.11–23.86) 0.00 (0.00–77.49) 0.00 (0.00–62.94) 7.86 (0.20–43.77)

Note: CI = confidence interval, Moderna = mRNA-1273 (Moderna), NA = not applicable, OE = observed-to-expected, Pfizer = BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech).

*

Observed rates of myocarditis were calculated per 100 000 vaccine doses. Expected rates of myocarditis were expressed per 100 000 population.