Table 1 Participant demographics and immunomodulatory drugs.

From: Immunomodulatory drugs have divergent effects on humoral and cellular immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in people living with rheumatoid arthritis

 

Rheumatoid arthritis

Controls

P value

Total participants

62

35

N/A

Age, median years (IQR)

63.0 (55.0–68.0)

64.0 (54.0–70.3)

nsa

Sex, % female subjects (n)

84 (52)

66 (23)

0.045b

First dose vaccine type

48 BNT162b2

5 mRNA-1273

9 ChAdOx1

23 BNT162b2

4 mRNA-1273

7 ChAdOx1

nsb

Second dose vaccine type

44 BNT162b2

14 mRNA-1273

4 ChAdOx1

27 BNT162b2

6 mRNA-1273

1 ChAdOx1

nsb

Third dose vaccine type

39 BNT162b2

12 mRNA-1273

18 BNT162b2

12 mRNA-1273

nsb

Fourth dose vaccine type

18 BNT162b2

23 mRNA-1273

1 bivalent

6 BNT162b2

6 mRNA-1273

2 bivalent

nsb

Days between dose 1 and dose 2 (median ± SD)

71.0 ± 20.2

72.0 ± 20.6

nsa

Days between dose 2 and dose 3 (median ± SD)

152.5 ± 33.3

183.0 ± 27.5

 < 0.0001a

Days between dose 3 and dose 4 (median ± SD)

119.0 ± 48.5

203.0 ± 67.5

0.0004a

Steroidsc, % (n)

19 (12)

N/A

N/A

DMARDsd, % (n)

79 (49)

N/A

N/A

TNF (tumor necrosis factor) and TNF receptor inhibitorse, % (n)

40 (25)

N/A

N/A

Janus Kinase Inhibitors, % (n)

17 (11)

N/A

N/A

Costimulation inhibitor (Abatacept), % (n)

19 (12)

N/A

N/A

SARS-CoV-2 Infections, % (n)

24 (15)

14 (5)

nsb

  1. Vaccine type information is unknown for one control participant, and the fourth dose for one participant with RA. Vaccination history reported for all participants who provided samples after that dose.
  2. SD standard deviation, DMARDs disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs.
  3. aStudent’s t test.
  4. bFisher’s exact test.
  5. cPrednisone and methylprednisolone.
  6. dSulfasalazine, leflunomide, methotrexate, mycophenolate mofetil, and hydroxychloroquine.
  7. eIncludes adalimumab, etanercept, infliximab, and golimumab.