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Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants

From: Omicron BA.1 neutralizing antibody response following Delta breakthrough infection compared with booster vaccination of BNT162b2

 

SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination status at follow-up

 

Characteristics

2 doses

(N = 11)

2 doses + infection

(N = 11)

3 doses

(N = 11)

P

Women

6 (55)

6 (55)

6 (55)

1.00

Age, years

25 [24–30]

26 [24–29]

27 [25–29]

0.61

Body mass index, kg/m2

21 [18–21]

21 [20–22]

21 [19–24]

0.44

Job

    

 Doctor

3 (27)

1 ( 9)

2 (18)

0.65

 Nurse

6 (55)

6 (55)

8 (73)

 

 Allied health professionals

2 (18)

2 (18)

1 ( 9)

 

 Others

0 ( 0)

2 (18)

0 ( 0)

 

COVID-19 related work

6 (55)

5 (45)

4 (36)

0.90

Intervals between vaccinations, infection, and surveys

    

 Second dose to baseline, days

67 [40–74]

63 [39–71]

70 [67–73]

0.30

 Second dose to follow-up, days

243 [221–251]

247 [218–250]

252 [249–256]

0.02

 Baseline to follow-up, days

178 [177–181]

182 [179–184]

183 [181–187]

0.02

 Third dose to follow-up, days

10 [8–10]

 

 Second dose to infection a, days

 

124 [119–140]

  

 Baseline to infection a, days

 

56 [53–65]

  

 Infection to follow-up a, days

126 [113–130]

 

SARS-CoV-2 antibody titers at baseline

    

 Spike IgG antibody (Abbott), AU/mL

3,671 [2,640 − 10,161]

3,739 [2,435-9,555]

3,811 [2,306-9,812]

0.99

 Total antibody (Roche), AU/mL

1,282 [915-1,892]

935 [762-1,260]

1,258 [826-2,099]

0.34

 NAb (Wuhan), NT50

290 [139–372]

234 [85–381]

182 [40–308]

0.44

 NAb (Delta), NT50

168 [49–206]

101 [42–162]

76 [47–220]

0.74

 NAb (Omicron BA.1), NT50

All < 40

All < 40

All < 40

PCR-confirmed COVID-19 cases at follow-up

0 (0)

0 (0)

7 (64)

Seropositive against SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein at follow-up

0 (0)

11 (100)

0 (0)

Symptoms of breakthrough cases b

    

 Symptomatic

7 (64)

 Asymptomatic

4 (36)

Type of SARS-CoV-2 strain c

    

 Delta

4 (57)

 Unknown (unmeasured)

3 (43)

  1. Data are presented as median [interquartile range] for continuous measures and n (%) for categorical measures
  2. a The interval between breakthrough infection and follow-up survey was calculated for patients with PCR-confirmed COVID-19 (n = 7)
  3. b All patients with PCR-confirmed COVID-19 (n = 7) experienced any of the following symptoms: fever (n = 6), sore throat (n = 2), cough (n = 1), nasal discharge (n = 1), or malaise (n = 1). The remaining patients (n = 4), who were identified via an antibody test at follow-up, reported having no COVID-19 compatible symptoms during follow-up
  4. c The denominator is the number of patients with PCR-confirmed COVID-19 (n = 7)
  5. P values for statistical significance were determined using the Kruskal-Wallis test or Fisher’s exact test
  6. Abbreviations: AU, arbitrary units; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; NT50, 50% neutralization titer; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2