Table 1 Descriptive of subjects’ characteristics in the study according to disease and treatment status. Continuous variables are described by medians, minimum and maximum values; categorical variables are summarized using absolute frequencies and percentages. p-values are derived from a Mann–Whitney (continuous) or a Fisher's test (categorical variables).

From: Glucocorticoids’ treatment impairs the medium-term immunogenic response to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccines in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus patients

  

All n = 76

Control n = 37 (48.7%)

Not-treated n = 10 (13.2%)

First-Line n = 10 (13.2%)

Second-Line n = 10 (13.2%)

Third-Line n = 9 (11.8%)

p-value

Sex

Female

65 (85.5%)

30 (81.1%)

10 (100.0%)

10 (100.0%)

8 (80.0%)

7 (77.8%)

0.3315

Male

11 (14.5%)

7 (18.9%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (20.0%)

2 (22.2%)

Age at sample extraction

46.0 (20.0, 82.8)

38.0 (20.0, 67.0)

56.8 (45.2, 82.8)

50.1 (34.6, 75.1)

51.5 (45.0, 81.8)

45.4 (34.8, 70.0)

 < 0.0001

Time from vaccination to sample extraction (months)

3.4 (2.3, 5.5)

3.3 (2.6, 4.3)

3.3 (2.3, 4.3)

3.4 (3.3, 4.1)

3.9 (3.3, 4.4)

3.5 (3.1, 5.5)

0.0064

Vaccine type

Moderna

44 (57.9%)

17 (45.9%)

5 (50.0%)

7 (70.0%)

6 (60.0%)

9 (100.0%)

0.0329

Pfizer

32 (42.1%)

20 (54.1%)

5 (50.0%)

3 (30.0%)

4 (40.0%)

0 (0.0%)

Time of disease evolution (years)

14.3 (2.3, 39.4)

 

17.8 (7.2, 36.3)

11.7 (6.3, 36.3)

13.8 (2.3, 36.3)

16.2 (4.3, 39.4)

0.5892

Any Concomitant Treatment

No

20 (51.3%)

 

9 (90.0%)

7 (70.0%)

3 (30.0%)

1 (11.1%)

0.0016

Yes

19 (48.7%)

 

1 (10.0%)

3 (30.0%)

7 (70.0%)

8 (88.9%)

Concomitant Treatment with Clucocorticoids

No

30 (76.9%)

 

9 (90.0%)

7 (70.0%)

7 (70.0%)

7 (77.8%)

0.7575

Yes

9 (23.1%)

 

1 (10.0%)

3 (30.0%)

3 (30.0%)

2 (22.2%)

SLEDAI 2 years average

SLEDAI < 4

36 (92.3%)

 

9 (90.0%)

10 (100.0%)

9 (90.0%)

8 (88.9%)

 

SLEDAI [4, 6)

3 (7.7%)

 

1 (10.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1(10.0%)

1 (11.1%)

SLEDAI nearest to vaccination

SLEDAI < 4

34 (87.2%)

 

8 (80.0%)

9 (90.0%)

9 (90.0%)

8 (88.9%)

 

SLEDAI [4, 6)

3 (7.7%)

 

1 (10.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (10.0%)

1 (11.1%)

SLEDAI 6 + 

2 (5.1%)

 

1 (10.0%)

1 (10.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)