Table 2 Summary of demographics of adolescent and young adults for immunogenicity comparison (PPS subset).

From: Safety and immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine MVC-COV1901 in Taiwanese adolescents: a randomized phase 2 trial

 

Adolescent (12-17 years) (N = 334)

Young adults (20-30 years) (N = 210)

All subjects (N = 399)

P-value

Age

   

<0.0001 (Mann–Whitney U test)

Mean (SD)

14.4 (1.65)

25.9 (2.74)

18.8 (6.02)

 

Min–Max

12.0–17.0

20.0–30.0

12.0–30.0

 

Gender, n (%)

   

0.1521 (Chi-square test)

Male

188 (56.3)

105 (50.0)

293 (53.9)

 

Female

146 (43.7)

105 (50.0)

251 (46.1)

 

Race, n (%)

Asian

334 (100.0)

210 (100.0)

544 (100.0)

 

Non-Asian

    

BMI (kg/m2),

   

<0.0001 (Mann–Whitney U test)

Mean (SD)

21.2 (4.19)

23.6 (4.09)

22.1 (4.31)

 

Min–Max

15.2 ~ 42.3

14.4 ~ 40.5

14.4 ~ 42.3

 

BMI group, n (%)

   

0.0076 (Chi-square test)

<30 kg/m2

323 (96.7)

192 (91.4)

515 (94.7)

 

≥30 kg/m2

11 (3.3)

18 (8.6)

29 (5.3)

 

HIV antibody, n (%)

0

1 (0.5)

1 (0.2)

0.3860 (Fisher’s exact test)

Pre-vaccination neutralizing antibody against wild-type SARS-CoV-2 (≥8), n (%)

0

0

0

 

Pre-vaccination anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG (≥100), n (%)

9 (2.7)

9 (4.3)

18 (3.3)

0.3125 (Chi-square test)

Comorbidity, n (%)

Any

6 (1.8)

6 (2.9)

12 (2.2)

 

Cardiovascular disease

0

1 (0.5)

1 (0.2)

 

Cerebrovascular disease

0

0

0

 

COPD

0

0

0

 

Liver cirrhosis

0

0

0

 

Malignancy

0

0

0

 

HbAlc higher than 5.7% DCCT

6 (1.8)

5 (2.4)

11 (2.0)

 
  1. N number of participants in the population; n number of participants with available data, used as the denominator for percentage calculation; SD standard deviation.