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. 2023 Jan 19;28(3):2200195. doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2023.28.3.2200195

Table 5. Relative incidence of medically attended adverse events of interest in the pre-exposure and risk periods for both COVID-19 vaccine doses by condition and vaccine brand, England, 1 October 2020–12 September 2021 (n = 1,283,570 events including control period).

Condition Comirnaty Vaxzevria
RI 95% CI RI 95% CI
General / injection site / skin
D1: −7 to −1 0.97 0.92–1.01 0.96 0.92–1.00
D1: 0 to 7 0.98 0.94–1.02 1.07*** 1.03–1.11
D2: −7 to −1 0.95* 0.90–0.99 0.98 0.94–1.03
D2: 0 to 7 0.98 0.94–1.03 0.96 0.93–1.01
Gastrointestinal / metabolic / nutrition
D1: −7 to −1 0.89*** 0.86–0.93 0.95** 0.91–0.99
D1: 0 to 7 0.87*** 0.84–0.91 0.93*** 0.90–0.97
D2: −7 to −1 0.88*** 0.84–0.92 0.96* 0.92–1.00
D2: 0 to 7 0.87*** 0.83–0.90 0.93*** 0.89–0.97
Immune / lymphatic
D1: −7 to −1 1.16** 1.04–1.28 1.20*** 1.09–1.32
D1: 0 to 7 1.32*** 1.20–1.45 1.55*** 1.43–1.68
D2: −7 to −1 0.89 0.78–1.01 1.00 0.89–1.11
D2: 0 to 7 1.41*** 1.28–1.56 1.07 0.97–1.78
Musculoskeletal
D1: −7 to −1 1.01 0.96–1.06 1.01 0.97–1.05
D1: 0 to 7 0.92*** 0.88–0.97 0.87*** 0.84–0.91
D2: −7 to −1 0.92** 0.87–0.97 1.06** 102–1.11
D2: 0 to 7 0.97 0.92–1.01 1.00 0.96–1.04
Neurological / psychiatric
D1: −7 to −1 0.99 0.95–1.03 0.94** 0.91–0.98
D1: 0 to 7 0.92*** 0.88–0.95 1.00 0.97–1.04
D2: −7 to −1 0.91*** 0.87–0.95 0.91*** 0.87–0.94
D2: 0 to 7 0.94** 0.90–0.98 1.03 0.99–1.07
Respiratory / ear
D1: −7 to −1 0.91*** 0.86–0.95 0.87*** 0.83–0.91
D1: 0 to 7 0.87*** 0.83–0.91 0.82*** 0.79–0.86
D2: −7 to −1 0.89*** 0.84–0.93 0.90*** 0.86–0.95
D2: 0 to 7 0.93** 0.88–0.97 0.84*** 0.80–0.88
Vascular
D1: −7 to −1 0.61 0.27–1.34 0.66 0.38–1.16
D1: 0 to 7 0.88 0.51–1.51 0.77 0.47–1.26
D2: −7 to −1 0.97 0.51–1.82 0.60 0.31–1.17
D2: 0 to 7 1.24 0.72–2.12 0.46* 0.23–0.94

COVID-19: coronavirus disease; D1: vaccine dose 1; D2: vaccine dose 2.

Days –7 to –1 refers to the pre-exposure period and days 0 to 7 refers to the risk period.

Significance is denoted as follows: * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001. Age centred at 50 years.