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. 2023 Jan 22;29(5):534–538. doi: 10.1016/j.jiac.2023.01.007

Table 1.

Geometric mean titer (GMT) and geometric mean fold rise (GMFR) for anti-SARAS-CoV2 spike protein receptor binding domain (S-RBD) antibodies and comparison between the Roche and Abbott assays.

Number of vaccination 1 2 3 4
Week after number of vaccination 3 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32
Week after initial vaccination
3
8
12
16
20
24
28
32
36
44
48
52
56
60
64
68
76
Number of subjects 16 16 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 12
Roche S-RBD antibody
 GMT (BAU/mL) 66 2134 1624 1463 1189 1049 915 766 686 31,104 20,470 12,662 9710 8092 6716 8092 23,834
 95% CI 39–170 1482–3073 1140–2316 1031–2076 817–1731 742–1485 661–1268 559–1049 498–946 19,534–49526 11,977–34985 7195–22284 5382–17516 4257–15380 3473–12986 4257–15,380 16,045–35,404
 GMFR 32.41 0.70 0.90 0.81 0.92 0.87 0.84 0.90 45.33 0.66 0.62 0.77 0.79 0.83 0.88 5.53
 95% CI 20.60–50.99 0.63–0.77 0.83–0.97 0.76–0.86 0.88–0.96 0.84–0.91 0.80–0.87 0.85–0.94 30.77–66.78 0.58–0.75 0.58–0.66 0.73–0.82 0.77–0.81 0.80–0.86 0.85–0.91 3.95–7.75
Abbott S-RBD antibody
 GMT (BAU/mL) 168 2068 1103 633 388 262 196 156 134 3921 2565 1939 1503 1235 938 864 3798
 95% CI 110–255 1435–2980 750–1622 428–937 267–564 182–378 140–276 112–216 97–185 2562–6001 1556–4230 1148–3277 846–2668 657–2319 491–1794 439–1700 2636–5471
 GMFR 12.34 0.50 0.57 0.61 0.71 0.75 0.79 0.86 29.20 0.65 0.76 0.77 0.82 0.76 0.92 6.12
 95% CI 9.17–16.61 0.47–0.53 0.54–0.61 0.57–0.65 0.67–0.76 0.71–0.79 0.76–0.83 0.82–0.91 20.76–41.08 0.57–0.75 0.70–0.82 0.72–0.83 0.78–0.86 0.73–0.80 0.87–0.98 4.42–8.48
Comparison between Roche and Abbott antibody
 Roche/Abbott ratio, average 0.46 1.13 1.60 2.46 3.25 4.23 4.92 5.14 5.32 8.10 8.26 6.78 6.71 6.72 7.36 7.10 6.42
 95% CI 0.29–0.63 0.89–1.36 1.26–1.95 2.02–2.89 2.62–3.87 3.46–5.00 3.98–5.87 4.20–6.09 4.44–6.20 7.29–8.91 7.16–9.35 5.82–7.73 5.84–7.60 5.76–7.66 6.34–8.39 6.05–8.14 6.05–8.14
 correlation coefficient 0.93 0.70 0.72 0.83 0.83 0.82 0.76 0.81 0.84 0.99 0.94 0.94 0.97 0.96 0.95 0.92 0.95
 P value <0.0001 0.0026 0.0023 0.0001 0.0001 0.0001 0.0007 0.0002 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001 <0.0001

Abbreviations: S-RBD, spike protein receptor binding domain; GMT, geometric mean titer; BAU, binding antibody units; CI, confidence interval; GMFR, geometric mean fold rise.

The correlation between the two antibody titers was determined by Pearson's correlational analysis.