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Table 1 Characteristics of the participants

From: The persistence of anti-Spike antibodies following two SARS-CoV-2 vaccine doses in patients on immunosuppressive therapy compared to healthy controls—a prospective cohort study

 

Controls (n=134)

Patients (n=1108)

Rheumatoid arthritis (n=403)

Psoriatic arthritis (n=195)

Spondyloarthritis (n=195)

Ulcerative colitis (n=124)

Crohn’s disease (n=191)

Demographics

 Age (years), median (IQR)

45.6 (34.9–56.1)

54.3 (43.2–64.1)

61.2 (51.3–69.1)

57.9 (48.3–64.7)

50.5 (42.0–59.2)

45.7 (33.4–54.6)

43.0 (29.6–53.9)

 Female, n (%)

111 (83)

617 (56)

308 (76)

104 (53)

75 (38)

53 (43)

77 (40)

 Male, n (%)

23 (17)

491 (44)

95 (24)

91 (47)

120 (62)

71 (57)

114 (60)

 Patient reported disease activity, median (IQR)ab

 

20 (10–40)

20 (10–41)

25 (11–40)

21 (10–40)

15 (5–35)

20 (10–30)

Vaccines,n(%)

 BNT162b2 × 2

11 (8)

780 (70)

282 (70)

135 (69)

125 (64)

94 (76)

144 (75)

 mRNA-1273 × 2

43 (32)

285 (26)

108 (26.8)

52 (27)

60 (31)

25 (20)

40 (21)

 Mixedc

80 (60)

37 (3)

12 (3)

7 (3.5)

10 (5)

3 (2.4)

5 (3)

 COVID-19 infection and one vaccine dose

0

6 (1)

1 (0.2)

1 (0.5)

0

2 (1.6)

2 (1)

Medication,n(% of the total number of patients)

 Rituximab

 

31 (3)

31 (8)

    

 Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors

  - Monotherapy

 

464 (42)

51 (12.5)

60 (31)

163 (83.5)

67 (54)

123 (64)

  - Combination therapyd

 

261 (23.5)

106 (26)

64 (32)

25 (13)

24 (19)

43 (23)

 Interleukin inhibitors

  - Tocilizumab

 

19 (2)

17 (4)

2 (1)

   

  - Other interleukin inhibitorse

 

25 (2)

 

6 (3)

2 (1)

3 (2)

14 (7)

 Janus kinase inhibitors

 

22 (2)

13 (3)

2 (1)

 

6 (5)

1 (1)

 Abatacept

 

6 (0.5)

6 (1.5)

    

 Vedolizumab

 

32 (3)

   

22 (18)

10 (5)

 Metabolite inhibitors

  - Methotrexate monotherapy

 

218 (19.5)

161 (40)

53 (27)

4 (2)

  

  - Other metabolite inhibitorsf

 

17 (1.5)

11 (3)

4 (2)

 

2 (2)

 

 Prednisolone monotherapy

 

13 (1)

7 (2)

2 (3)

1 (0.5)

  
  1. Patients using prednisolone in doses <10mg/day in combination with other medication groups are included in all groups
  2. aPatient reported disease activity at baseline, indicated on a visual analog scale 0–100
  3. bMissing information in 23 patients
  4. cChAdOx1 + BNT162b2/mRNA-1273 or BNT162b2 + mRNA-1273
  5. dIn combination with metabolite inhibitors or vedolizumab
  6. eUstekinumab, risankizumab, secukinumab, iksekizumab
  7. fAzathioprine, merkaptopurin, sulfasalazine, leflunomide in monotherapy or in combination with each other or in combination with methotrexate