Table 2 Characteristics of vaccine breakthrough infections according to the severity of Covid-19.

From: Breakthrough infections in MPN-COVID vaccinated patients

 

Total pts without previous infection

HOME-TREATED

HOSPITALIZED

p

N = 231

N = 205

N = 26

Male gender

105/231 (45.5%)

87/205 (42.4%)

18/26 (69.2%)

0.010

Age at COVID diagnosis

60.4 (49.8–73.2)

57.4 (49.2–71.5)

75.5 (67.3–84.3)

<0.001

>70

71/231 (30.7%)

55/205 (26.8%)

16/26 (61.5%)

<0.001

MPN diagnosis

ET

89/231 (38.5%)

80/205 (39.0%)

9/26 (34.6%)

0.66

PV

75/231 (32.5%)

68/205 (33.2%)

7/26 (26.9%)

0.52

MF

54/231 (23.4%)

44/205 (21.5%)

10/26 (38.5%)

0.054

Early/pre-PMF

13/231 (5.6%)

13/205 (6.3%)

0/26 (0.0%)

0.19

Previous thrombosis

36/231 (15.6%)

30/205 (14.6%)

6/26 (23.1%)

0.26

Mutational status

JAK2 V617F

166/227 (73.1%)

147/203 (72.4%)

19/24 (79.2%)

0.48

CALR

34/136 (25.0%)

32/126 (25.4%)

2/10 (20.0%)

0.70

MPL

7/131 (5.3%)

6/123 (4.9%)

1/8 (12.5%)

0.36

JAK2 EXON12

0/70 (0.0%)

0/65 (0.0%)

0/5 (0.0%)

 

Spleen palpable

 No

152/218 (69.7%)

136/193 (70.5%)

16/25 (64.0%)

 

 Yes

64/218 (29.4%)

55/193 (28.5%)

9/25 (36.0%)

0.60

Previously splenectomized

2/218 (0.9%)

2/193 (1.0%)

0/25 (0.0%)

 

Size below costal margin (cm)

5.0 (2.0–7.0)

4.5 (2.0–7.0)

6.0 (4.0–20.0)

0.11

MPN-treatment before COVID

Phlebotomy

38/230 (16.5%)

36/204 (17.6%)

2/26 (7.7%)

0.20

Cytoreduction pre-COVID

167/230 (72.6%)

144/204 (70.6%)

23/26 (88.5%)

0.054

Type:

HU

93/231 (40.3%)

83/205 (40.5%)

10/26 (38.5%)

0.84

Anagrelide

19/231 (8.2%)

19/205 (9.3%)

0/26 (0.0%)

0.11

Interferon

5/231 (2.2%)

5/205 (2.4%)

0/26 (0.0%)

0.42

Ruxolitinib

40/231 (17.3%)

29/205 (14.1%)

11/26 (42.3%)

<0.001

Other

11/231 (4.8%)

9/205 (4.4%)

2/26 (7.7%)

0.36

Characteristics of Covid-19

Wave

 2 (Alpha, Beta, Gamma)

14/231 (6.1%)

11/205 (5.4%)

3/26 (11.5%)

0.20

 3 (Delta)

94/231 (40.7%)

79/205 (38.5%)

15/26 (57.7%)

0.061

 4 (Omicron)

123/231 (53.2%)

115/205 (56.1%)

8/26 (30.8%)

0.015

COVID-19 severitya

Asymptomatic infection

11/220 (5.0%)

11/197 (5.6%)

0/23 (0.0%)

0.61

Mild Illness

190/220 (86.4%)

180/197 (91.4%)

10/23 (43.5%)

<0.001

Moderate Illness

6/220 (2.7%)

4/197 (2.0%)

2/23 (8.7%)

0.12

Severe/critical Illness

13/220 (5.9%)

2/197 (1.0%)

11/23 (47.8%)

<0.001

Respiratory support

19/231 (8.2%)

3/205 (1.5%)

16/26 (61.5%)

<0.001

ICU

5/230 (2.2%)

1/204 (0.5%)

4/26 (15.4%)

<0.001

Saturation

98.0 (96.0–99.0)

98.0 (97.0–99.0)

92.0 (88.0–94.0)

<0.001

Lab values at COVID diagnosis

Hb

12.9 (11.3–14.0)

13.0 (11.5–14.1)

11.5 (9.0–13.1)

0.002

HCT

40.0 (36.0–44.0)

40.5 (36.7–44.5)

37.5 (27.3–40.1)

0.004

RDW

16.5 (14.3–18.7)

16.0 (13.9–18.1)

18.3 (15.4–18.9)

0.093

WBC

7.5 (5.5–10.5)

7.5 (5.7–10.2)

8.1 (4.8–11.5)

0.93

Neutrophils

68.9 (56.9–76.0)

67.1 (56.3–75.0)

75.3 (63.0–82.8)

0.028

Lymphocytes

18.2 (10.9–26.8)

19.8 (12.0–28.2)

13.1 (7.4–18.5)

0.005

Neutrophils/lymphocytes ratio

3.6 (2.1–6.0)

3.3 (2.0–5.3)

5.9 (3.6–10.2)

<0.001

PLT

401.0 (226.0–608.5)

430.0 (274.0–622.0)

199.0 (119.0–294.0)

<0.001

LDH

243.0 (200.0–470.0)

236.5 (191.0–447.0)

415.0 (269.0–573.0)

0.022

CRP

8.9 (1.4–32.9)

2.0 (0.9–16.0)

33.1 (17.0–123.0)

<0.001

Fibrin

402.0 (339.0–579.0)

339.0 (309.0–480.0)

432.0 (360.0–726.0)

0.12

D-dimer

510.0 (270.0–759.0)

331.5 (185.0–568.5)

650.0 (440.0–910.0)

0.015

Vaccine information

Months from last vaccine dose to infection

4.0 (1.4–6.6)

4.0 (1.5–6.7)

2.6 (1.2–6.0)

0.37

N° administered doses

 Only 1 dose

22/231 (9.5%)

19/205 (9.3%)

3/26 (11.5%)

0.90

 2 doses

115/231 (49.8%)

103/205 (50.2%)

12/26 (46.2%)

 3–4 doses

94/231 (40.7%)

83/205 (40.5%)

11/26 (42.3%)

Vaccine type

 Pfizer/BioNTech

179/231 (77.5%)

164/205 (80.0%)

15/26 (57.7%)

0.010

 Moderna

28/231 (12.1%)

22/205 (10.7%)

6/26 (23.1%)

0.069

 AstraZeneca

18/231 (7.8%)

14/205 (6.8%)

4/26 (15.4%)

0.13

 Johnson&Johnson

5/231 (2.2%)

4/205 (2.0%)

1/26 (3.8%)

0.45

 UNK

1/231 (0.4%)

1/205 (0.5%)

0/26 (0.0%)

Outcome

Death

5/231 (2.2%)

2/205 (1.0%)

3/26 (11.5%)

0.011

  1. aAccording to the NIH COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines.