Table 1 Selected characteristics of the cohort at baseline visit, summarised by study year and number of prior vaccinations

From: Antibody responses against influenza A decline with successive years of annual influenza vaccination

 

Overall

Number of prior vaccinations

0

1

2

3

4

5

2020

N = 595

N = 52

N = 71

N = 69

N = 67

N = 75

N = 261

Median age in years (IQR)

39 (31, 48)

39 (30, 52)

39 (31, 47)

39 (29, 47)

36 (28, 44)

36 (30, 47)

42 (32, 50)

Sex

 Female

483 (81%)

40 (77%)

59 (83%)

59 (86%)

52 (78%)

62 (83%)

211 (81%)

 Male

110 (19%)

12 (23%)

12 (17%)

10 (14%)

14 (21%)

13 (17%)

49 (19%)

 Other

1 (0.2%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (1.5%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

Median BMI (IQR)

24.2 (21.7, 27.8)

22.5 (20.8, 25.6)

24.5 (22.7, 27.2)

23.5 (21.2, 27.3)

23.7 (21.1, 27.6)

24.7 (21.9, 29.2)

24.5 (22.1, 28.0)

Has at least 1 health condition

80 (13%)

6 (12%)

6 (8.5%)

9 (13%)

7 (10%)

5 (6.7%)

47 (18%)

Provides direct clinical care

339 (57%)

15 (29%)

38 (54%)

43 (62%)

30 (45%)

49 (66%)

164 (63%)

Occupation group

 Clinical

315 (53%)

15 (29%)

31 (44%)

34 (49%)

28 (42%)

44 (59%)

163 (63%)

 Laboratory

30 (5.1%)

2 (3.8%)

4 (5.7%)

4 (5.8%)

4 (6.1%)

1 (1.4%)

15 (5.8%)

 Administrative

75 (13%)

9 (17%)

11 (16%)

8 (12%)

10 (15%)

10 (14%)

27 (10%)

 Allied health

63 (11%)

6 (12%)

11 (16%)

13 (19%)

11 (17%)

3 (4.1%)

19 (7.3%)

 Research

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 Other

108 (18%)

20 (38%)

13 (19%)

10 (14%)

13 (20%)

16 (22%)

36 (14%)

Vaccine brand

 GSK

219 (37%)

14 (27%)

35 (50%)

25 (36%)

27 (40%)

29 (39%)

89 (34%)

 Sanofi

210 (35%)

17 (33%)

23 (33%)

28 (41%)

25 (37%)

26 (35%)

91 (35%)

 Seqirus

165 (28%)

21 (40%)

12 (17%)

16 (23%)

15 (22%)

20 (27%)

81 (31%)

2021

N = 1,031

N = 15

N = 55

N = 81

N = 115

N = 137

N = 628

Median age in years (IQR)

40 (32, 50)

26 (21, 36)

34 (27, 52)

35 (28, 47)

37 (27, 48)

38 (30, 46)

43 (35, 51)

Sex

 Female

874 (85%)

9 (60%)

47 (85%)

69 (85%)

96 (83%)

121 (88%)

532 (85%)

 Male

155 (15%)

6 (40%)

8 (15%)

12 (15%)

19 (17%)

16 (12%)

94 (15%)

 Other

2 (0.2%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2 (0.3%)

Median BMI (IQR)

25.1 (22.3, 29.3)

24.0 (22.3, 26.5)

23.2 (20.8, 26.9)

23.9 (22.1, 26.1)

24.9 (22.0, 29.4)

24.9 (22.5, 28.7)

25.5 (22.5, 29.5)

Has at least 1 health condition

152 (15%)

3 (20%)

6 (11%)

10 (12%)

12 (10%)

15 (11%)

106 (17%)

Provides direct clinical care

473 (46%)

1 (6.7%)

14 (25%)

27 (34%)

49 (43%)

61 (45%)

321 (51%)

Occupation group

 Clinical

473 (46%)

1 (6.7%)

14 (25%)

27 (34%)

49 (43%)

61 (45%)

321 (51%)

 Laboratory

55 (5.3%)

1 (6.7%)

2 (3.6%)

3 (3.8%)

8 (7.0%)

6 (4.4%)

35 (5.6%)

 Administrative

137 (13%)

4 (27%)

6 (11%)

14 (18%)

19 (17%)

20 (15%)

74 (12%)

 Allied health

119 (12%)

1 (6.7%)

3 (5.5%)

6 (7.5%)

14 (12%)

15 (11%)

80 (13%)

 Research

144 (14%)

3 (20%)

17 (31%)

21 (26%)

13 (11%)

24 (18%)

66 (11%)

 Other

101 (9.8%)

5 (33%)

13 (24%)

9 (11%)

12 (10%)

11 (8.0%)

51 (8.1%)

Vaccine brand

 GSK

4 (0.4%)

1 (7.1%)

1 (1.8%)

1 (1.3%)

0 (0%)

1 (0.7%)

0 (0%)

 Sanofi

885 (87%)

13 (93%)

53 (96%)

74 (93%)

108 (96%)

123 (90%)

514 (83%)

 Seqirus

131 (13%)

0 (0%)

1 (1.8%)

5 (6.3%)

5 (4.4%)

12 (8.8%)

108 (17%)

  1. IQR Interquartile range
  2. Figures are n (%) or median (interquartile range). Participants without a day 14 blood draw were excluded