Table 2

Immunological response in subjects who received Astra Zeneca

Withhold therapyContinue therapyHealthy controlsTotal
Detectable SARS-CoV2 IgG antibodies*
Post second dose27/27 (100)36/43 (83.7)22/22 (100)85/92 (92.39)
6 months post (p=0.756)21/24 (87.5)35/41 (85.4)19/24 (79.2)75/89 (84.3)
Withhold versus continue (p=1.00)
Withhold versus healthy controls (p=0.701)
Continue vs healthy controls (p=0.517)
Post booster vaccine dose25/25 (100)40/40 (100)16/16 (100)81/81 (100)
Median SARS-CoV2 IgG Ab titre†
Post second dose14.2 (4.3–48.4)5.7 (1.5–20.8)7.3 (4.4–15.9)7.2 (2.3–23.2)
11.7 (6.8–20.3)5.7 (3.4–9.3)7.3 (4.9–10.7)7.6 (5.7–10.1)
6 months post (p=0.344‡)3.3 (1.7–12.3)2.3 (1.3–7.4)2.3 (0.9–5.3)2.6 (1.3–8.3)
Withhold versus continue (p=0.325)4.0 (2.4–6.7)3.0 (2.0–4.53)2.4 (1.5–3.8)3.1 (2.4–4.0)
Withhold versus healthy controls (p=0.143)
Continue versus healthy controls (p=0.577)
Post booster vaccine dose (p=0.226‡)91.8 (58.9–229.1)75.4 (39.0–114.4)106.1 (53.5–212.5)85.9 (46.4–162.6)
Withhold versus continue (p=0.134)92.0 (51.7–163.8)64.0 (44.6–91.9)95.3 (48.2–188.4)77.6 (58.9–102.3)
Withhold versus healthy controls (p=0.949)
Continue versus healthy controls (p=0.203)
Immunological response in subjects who received Pfizer
Post second dose37/44 (84.1)31/48 (64.58)27/27 (100)95/119 (79.83)
6 months post (p=0.226)32/35 (91.4)34/34 (100)18/18 (100)84/87 (96.6)
Withhold versus continue (p=0.239)
Withhold versus healthy controls (p=0.279)
Continue versus healthy controls
Post booster vaccine dose34/34 (100)38/38 (100)20/20 (100)92/92 (100)
Withhold versus continue
Withhold versus healthy controls
Continue versus healthy controls
Mean SARS-CoV2 IgG Ab titre†
Post second dose77.8 (38.7–150)60 (17.2–128.4)66.7 (52.1–106.7)68.4 (35.5–129.4)
65.1 (43.8–96.7)45.7 (31.4–66.7)85.1 (65.5–117.8)60.1 (48.1–75.0)
6 months post (p=0.001‡)12.0 (3.9–35.1)3.1 (2.0–8.8)10.5 (8.0–17.0)7.9 (2.7–15.9)
Withhold versus continue (p=0.005)9.3 (5.8–15.0)4.1 (2.8–5.9)11.8 (8.1–17.3)7.1 (5.5–9.2)
Withhold versus healthy controls (p=0.755)
Continue versus healthy controls (p=0.000)
Post booster vaccine dose (p=0.235‡)103.5 (79.3–202.8)154.5 (79.0–378.0)254.8 (73.1–371.6)147.7 (29.0–298.7)
Withhold versus continue (p=0.221)118.1 (87.0–160.3)163.2 (112.6–236.5)189.5 (114.1–314.7)149.2 (120.4–184.9)
Withhold versus healthy controls (p=0.092)
Continue versus healthy controls (p=0.827)
  • Data are presented as proportions (%) or median (IQR).

  • Geometric means and corresponding 95% CI are shown in blue.

  • *Using Fisher’s exact test with significance cut-off 5%.

  • †Using Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test with significance cut-off 5%.

  • ‡Using Kruskal-Wallis test with significance cut-off 5%.