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Table 3 Incidence of selected vaccine-related adverse events by a history of herpes zoster

From: Safety of live attenuated varicella-zoster vaccine in patients with underlying illnesses compared with healthy adults: a prospective cohort study

Adverse events

Healthy adults

Patients with underlying illnesses

Patients with malignancy

Patients with diabetes mellitus

Patients with autoimmune diseases

Patients with chronic renal diseases

No. of events

No. of subjects (%)

(95% CI)

No. of events

No. of subjects (%)

(95% CI)

No. of events

No. of subjects (%)

(95% CI)

No. of events

No. of subjects (%)

(95% CI)

No. of events

No. of subjects (%)

(95% CI)

No. of events

No. of subjects (%)

(95% CI)

Subjects with HZ history

N = 155

N = 49

N = 11

N = 28

N = 1

N = 9

 Vaccine-related AEs

198

87 (56%) (48–64%)*

54

23 (47%) (33–62%)

8

4 (36%) (11–69%)

30

13 (46%) (28–66%)

6

1 (100%)

10

5 (56%) (21–86%)

 Injection-site AEs

189

82 (53%) (45–61%)*

54

23 (47%) (33–62%)

8

4 (36%) (11–69%)

30

13 (46%) (28–66%)

6

1 (100%)

10

5 (56%) (21–86%)

 Systemic AEs

9

8 (5%) (2–10%)

0

0 (0%)

0

0 (0%)

0

0 (0%)

0

0 (0%)

0

0 (0%)

Subjects without HZ history

N = 1045

N = 251

N = 38

N = 152

N = 9

N = 52

 Vaccine-related AEs

1164

422 (40%) (37–43%)

274

102 (41%) (35–47%)

36

16 (42%) (26–59%)

167

60 (39%) (32–48%)

8

4 (44%) (14–79%)

63

22 (42%) (29–57%)

 Injection-site AEs

1117

409 (39%) (36–42%)

260

95 (38%) (32–44%)

33

14 (37%) (22–54%)

161

58 (38%) (30–46%)

6

3 (33%) (7–70%)

60

20 (38%) (25–53%)

 Systemic AEs

47

38 (4%) (3–5%)

14

11 (4%) (2–8%)

3

2 (5%) (0.6–18%)

6

5 (3%) (1–8%)

2

1 (11%) (0.3–48%)

3

3 (6%) (1–16%)

  1. AE Adverse event, HZ Herpes zoster
  2. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.1 (compared with the proportion of reported subjects without HZ history within the category of subjects)