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. 2023 Feb 17;11(2):476. doi: 10.3390/vaccines11020476

Table 2.

a: Comparison between autoantibody-positive AIIRD patients to AIIRD patients without autoantibody production following second vaccine dose. b: Comparison between autoantibody-positive AIIRD patients to AIIRD patients without autoantibody production following third vaccine dose.

(a)
Any Autoantibody Positivity No Autoantibody Positivity p-Value
Number of patients with serologic data n = 453 4.0% (n = 18) 96.0% (n = 435)
Age
(Mean ± SD)
57.8 ± 14.5 58.0 ± 14.6 0.942
Sex Female 4.9% (n = 16) 95.1% (n = 312) 0.176
Male 1.6% (n = 2) 98.4% (n = 123)
Diagnosis RA 3.6% (n = 6) 96.4% (n = 161) 0.308
PsA 4.0% (n = 4) 96.0% (n = 97)
SLE 9.3% (n = 5) 90.7% (n = 51)
AS 7.1% (n = 3) 92.9% (n = 39)
Vasculitis 0.0% (n = 0) 100% (n = 45)
SSCL 0.0% (n = 0) 100% (n = 23)
Myositis 0.0% (n = 0) 100% (n = 17)
SS 0.0% (n = 0) 100% (n = 1)
IgG4-RD 0.0% (n = 0) 100% (n = 1)
Vaccine immune response (seroconversion) Yes 4.7%
(n = 16 of 338)
95.3%
(n = 322 of 338)
0.492
DMARDs cDMARDs 4.7% (n = 8) 95.3% (n = 162) 0.536
bDMARDs 3.9% (n = 10) 96.1% (n = 246) 0.933
tsDMARDs 5.9% (n = 2) 94.1% (n = 32) 0.637
(b)
Any Autoantibody Positivity No Autoantibody Positivity p -Value
Number of patients with serologic data n = 355 7.7% (n = 31) 80.0% (n = 324)
Age
(Mean ± SD)
60.2 ± 13.7 58.4 ± 14.6 0.506
Sex Female 9.6% (n = 25) 90.4% (n = 236) 0.347
Male 6.4% (n = 6) 93.6% (n = 88)
Diagnosis RA 12.0% (n = 16) 88.0% (n = 117) 0.604
PsA 6.3% (n = 5) 93.8% (n = 75)
SLE 4.9% (n = 2) 95.1% (n = 40)
AS 6.9% (n = 2) 93.1% (n = 27)
Vasculitis 10.8% (n = 4) 89.2% (n = 33)
SSCL 0.0% (n = 0) 100% (n = 17)
Myositis 13.3% (n = 2) 86.7% (n = 13)
SS 0.0% (n = 0) 100% (n = 1)
IgG4-RD 0.0% (n = 0) 100% (n = 1)
Vaccine immune response (seroconversion) Yes 9.3%
(n = 26 of 279)
90.7%
(n = 253 of 279)
>0.99
DMARDs cDMARDs 11.5% (n = 15) 88.5% (n = 116) 0.165
bDMARDs 7.5% (n = 15) 92.5% (n = 185) 0.350
tsDMARDs 0.0% (n = 0) 100% (n = 27) 0.150

Abbreviations: AS = ankylosing spondylitis, DMARDs = disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, IGG4-RD = immonoglobulin G4-related disease, SSCL: classification criteria for systemic sclerosis, n = number, PsA = psoriatic arthritis, RA = rheumatoid arthritis, SD = standard deviation, SLE = systemic lupus erythematosus, and SS = Sjogren’s syndrome.