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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Repeated COVID-19 mRNA vaccination results in IgG4 class switching and decreased NK cell activation by S1-specific antibodies in older adults

 

Younger adults

Older adults (all)

Older adults (Fc-functionality subgroup)

Size, n

64

50

38

Age in years, median (range, SD)

33 (18–47, 7.0)

70 (65–83, 3.8)

69 (65–77, 3.3)

Female sex, n (%)

42 (66)

23 (46)

18 (47)

Confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection

 After second dose, before post-third sample, n (%)

4 (6.3)

2 (4.2)

1 (2.8)

 After second dose, before post-fifth sample, n (%)

NA

20 (41)

13 (35)

Vaccine typea

 First dose Pfizer-BioNTech, n (%)

64 (100)

50 (100)

38 (100)

 Second dose Pfizer-BioNTech, n (%)

64 (100)

50 (100)

38 (100)

 Third dose Moderna, n (%)

1 (1.6)

46 (92)

35 (92)

 Third dose Pfizer-BioNTech, n (%)

63 (98)

4 (8)b

3 (8)

 Fourth dose Moderna, n (%)

NA

35 (70)

26 (68)

 Fourth dose Pfizer-BioNTech, n (%)

NA

15 (30)

12 (32)

 Fifth dose Moderna (bivalent), n (%)

NA

48 (98)c

36 (97)c

 Fifth dose Pfizer-BioNTech (bivalent), n (%)

NA

1 (2)c

1 (3)c

Vaccination interval in days

 First to second dose, median (range, SD)

35 (32–39, 1.0)

35 (31–36, 0.7)

35 (35–36, 0.3)

 Second to third dose, median (range, SD)

162 (140–310, 21)

208 (160–295, 21)

208 (160–295, 21)

 Third to fourth dose, median (range, SD)

NA

103 (90–204, 36)

105 (90–204, 38)

 Fourth to fifth dose, median (range, SD)

NA

182 (102–221, 37)c

182 (105–221, 38)c

Sampling interval in days

 Post-second dose, median (range, SD)

30 (28–44, 2.5)

32 (28–40, 3.1)

32 (28–40, 3.2)

 Post-second dose FU, median (range, SD)

164 (141–310, 21)

200 (169–289, 20)

197 (169–289, 21)

 Post-third dose, median (range, SD)

31 (25–39, 2.7)

30 (23–46, 4.8)

30 (23–46, 4.9)

 Post-fourth dose FU, median (range, SD)

NA

166 (75–216, 34)

166 (75–216, 35)

 Post-fifth dose, median (range, SD)

NA

30 (23–42, 4.8)c

30 (23–42, 4.9)c

  1. Abbreviations: FU Follow-up, n Number, NA Not applicable, SD Standard deviation
  2. aParticipants received either the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty or Moderna Spikevax mRNA vaccine, of which the first to fourth dose were the original monovalent vaccines and the fifth vaccine dose was bivalent (original/BA.1)
  3. bSerum for one Pfizer-BioNTech-vaccinated individual is unavailable at one month post-third vaccination
  4. cOne participant dropped out of the study after the fourth vaccine dose