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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics compared between analyzed participants and participants lost to follow-up

From: Who is pausing immunosuppressive medication for COVID-19 vaccination? Results of an exploratory observational trial

 

Participants included (N = 207)

n (%)

Participants lost to follow-up (N = 27) n (%)

p-value

Gender

 Male

60 (29.4)

2 (7.7)

0.0181

 Female

144 (70.6)

24 (92.3)

Age, years

 Mean (sd)

51.9 (13.9)

58.6 (14.3)

0.0303

 < 40

44 (21.4)

3 (11.1)

0.2061

 40–65

127 (61.7)

16 (59.3)

 > 65

35 (17.0)

8 (29.6)

School education

 Lower

16 (8.1)

4 (15.4)

0.2032

 Middle

59 (29.8)

11 (42.3)

 Upper

121 (61.1)

11 (42.3)

 Other

2 (1.0)

0 (0.0)

Previous COVID infection

 Yes

3 (1.5)

0 (0.0)

11

First administered vaccine

 BNT162b2 (Pfizer/BioNTech)

131 (67.5)

17 (89.5)

0.1382

 AZD 1222 (AstraZeneca)

42 (21.6)

2 (10.5)

 mRNA-1,273 (Moderna)

21 (10.8)

0 (0.0)

Underlying diseasea

 Organ transplant

14 (6.8)

2 (7.4)

11

 Inflammatory bowel disease

38 (18.4)

2 (7.4)

0.1851

 Rheumatic disease

99 (47.8)

15 (55.6)

0.5411

 Multiple sclerosis

20 (9.7)

1 (3.7)

0.4821

 Psoriasis

30 (14.5)

5 (18.5)

0.5691

 Other

3 (11.1)

29 (14.0)

11

Immunosuppressantsa

 Conv. immunosuppressants

92 (44.4)

14 (51.9)

0.5391

 Corticoids

72 (34.8)

10 (37.0)

0.8321

 TNF inhibitor

39 (18.8)

6 (22.2)

0.6131

 Other biologicals

39 (18.8)

5 (18.5)

11

 Other

51 (24.6)

7 (25.9)

11

Number of taken immunosuppressants

 1

132 (63.8)

15 (55.6)

0.7352

 2

54 (26.1)

9 (33.3)

 3 or more

21 (10.1)

3 (11.1)

  1. Data are n (%) or mean (SD)
  2. aMultiple selection possible
  3. 1Fisher’s exact test
  4. 2Fisher–Freeman–Halton exact test
  5. 3Welch’s t-test, bold p-values < 0.05