Skip to main content

Table 2 Risk of encephalitis after COVID-19 vaccination, overall and stratified by scheduled dose and vaccine type

From: Risk of encephalitis and meningitis after COVID-19 vaccination in South Korea: a self-controlled case series analysis

 

No. event

Person-years

Incidence ratea

IRR (95% CI)

Risk

Control

Risk

Control

Risk

Control

Encephalitis

 Overall

251

545

134.8

369.3

1.86

1.48

1.26 (1.08–1.47)

 Scheduled dose

  1st dose

106

545

60.2

369.3

1.76

1.48

1.19 (0.97–1.47)

  2nd dose

87

438

53.2

256.5

1.63

1.71

0.96 (0.76–1.20)

  3rd dose

58

83

21.3

28.2

2.72

2.94

0.92 (0.67–1.26)

 Vaccine type

  BNT162b2

123

279

69.2

188.0

1.78

1.48

1.20 (0.96–1.49)

  mRNA-1273

21

62

13.6

36.5

1.54

1.70

0.91 (0.54–1.52)

  ChAdOx1-S

44

110

19.7

73.1

2.23

1.50

1.49 (1.03–2.15)

  Ad26.COV2.S

0

7

0.5

3.4

-

2.07

-

  1. Abbreviations: COVID-19 Coronavirus infectious disease 2019, IRR Incidence rate ratio, CI Confidence interval
  2. aPer person-year