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Table 2 Number of participants with specific adverse effects and respective percentage to the whole recipients

From: Adverse effects following COVID-19 vaccination in Iran

Variables

Sinopharm

AstraZeneca

Sputnik V

Total

P value

First 72 h, 1st dose

 Local reactions

55 (3.5%a)

107 (7.3%)

363 (20.7%)

525 (11%)

0.001

 General fatigue

226 (14.5%)

353 (24.2%)

776 (44.3%)

1355 (28.37%)

0.001

 Chills and fever

102 (6.5%)

657 (45%)

524 (29.9%)

1283 (26.86%)

0.001

 Dizziness and headache

64 (4.1%)

235 (16.1%)

240 (13.7%)

539 (11.28%)

0.001

 Skeletal pain

61 (3.9%)

405 (27.74%)

603 (34.4%)

1069 (22.38%)

0.001

 Nausea

8 (0.51%)

51 (3.49%)

86 (4.91%)

145 (3.03%)

0.001

 Diarrhea

2 (0.12%)

11 (0.75%)

35 (2%)

48 (1%)

0.001

 Sleepiness

11 (0.7%)

17 (1.16%)

28 (1.6%)

56 (1.17%)

0.057

 Loss of appetite

0

15 (1.02%)

11 (0.62%)

26 (0.054%)

0.001

 Chest pain and dyspnea

1 (0.06%)

11 (0.75%)

6 (0.34%)

18 (0.37%)

0.008

 Abdominal pain

0

6 (0.41%)

13 (0.74%)

19 (0.39%)

0.003

 Severe neurological

0

3 (0.2%)

0

3 (0.06%)

0.033

 No adverse effects

1137 (72.7%)

496 (34%)

489 (28%)

2122 (44.4%)

0.001

First 72 h, 2nd dose

 Local reactions

42 (2.7%)

50 (3.4%)

326 (18.6%)

418 (8.75%)

0.001

 General fatigue

139 (8.9%)

219 (15%)

435 (24.8%)

793 (16.6%)

0.001

 Chills and fever

40 (2.6%)

109 (7.5%)

387 (22.1%)

536 (11.22%)

0.001

 Dizziness and headache

40 (2.6%)

78 (5.3%)

126 (7.2%)

244 (5.1%)

0.001

 Skeletal pain

15 (1%)

128 (8.8%)

439 (25.1%)

582 (12.18%)

0.001

 Nausea

2 (0.12%)

16 (1.1%)

33 (1.88%)

51 (1.06%)

0.001

 Diarrhea

1 (0.06%)

7 (0.47%)

8 (0.45%)

16 (0.33%)

0.077

 Sleepiness

10 (0.63%)

21 (1.43%)

18 (1.02%)

49 (1.02%)

0.093

 Loss of appetite

0

1 (0.06%)

3 (0.17%)

4 (0.08%)

0.228

 Chest pain and dyspnea

0

1 (0.06%)

2 (0.11%)

3 (0.06%)

0.422

 Abdominal pain

0

1 (0.06%)

13 (0.74%)

14 (0.3%)

0.001

 Severe neurological

0

0

2 (0.11%)

2 (0.04%)

0.178

 No adverse effects

1295 (82.8%)

1057 (72.4%)

719 (41.06%)

3071 (64.31%)

0.001

  1. aAs each person could have more than one adverse effect, the percentage is shown separately for each adverse effect; which is calculated through dividing the number of a particular adverse effect by the number of participants receiving a particular vaccine; not by the total number of adverse effects