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How many is good enough? An analysis of serological follow-up after vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 Cover

How many is good enough? An analysis of serological follow-up after vaccination against SARS-CoV-2

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|Dec 2023
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Figure 1.

Correlation between baseline (D0) antibody levels and 6 months after vaccination (D3). Blue rings present individual results; red line – 95% confidence interval (CI)

Table 1.

Correlation between baseline (D0) antibody levels and further sampling (D1 - after 1st dose - up to 7 days before the second dose, D2 – 1 month after vaccination, D3 – 6 months after vaccination)

Antibody levelsSpearman rank correlation
NR Spearmanp
D0 & D1870.730.000
D0 & D2870.340.001
D0 & D3870.450.000
Figure 2.

Initial antibody level for groups A (COVID-19 convalescents with increase of antibody level after 2nd dose) and C (COVID-19 convalescent, who had lower antibody level after 2nd dose compared to the results after 1st dose) and BMI level. Blue rings present individual results; red line – 95% confidence interval (CI)

Figure 3.

Antibody levels 6 months after vaccination (D3) for group A (COVID-19 convalescents with increase of antibody level after 2nd dose), B (naïve patients) and C (COVID-19 convalescent, who had lower antibody level after 2nd dose compared to the results after 1st dose). Whiskers drawn from minimum (min) to maximum (max).

Table 2.

Minimal (min), maximal (max), median (Me), IQR (Interquartile range), SD (standard deviation) and mean results [IU/ml] on following stages of the study. A (COVID-19 convalescents with increase of antibody level after 2nd dose) – 27 patients, B (naïve patients) - 30, C (COVID-19 convalescent, who had lower antibody level after 2nd dose compared to the results after 1st dose). - 30; 87 participants in total. P-value was find using Kruskal-Wallis test

groupMean [IU/mL]SD [IU/mL]Min-max [IU/mL]Me [IQR] [IU/mL]P
D0A162.4182.80.0–896.092.8 [44.2–227.7]0.000
C222.0289.50.0–1344.0128.1 [83.2–268.8]
B0.0000.0000.0–0.00.000 [0–0]
total127.0218.00.0–1344.057.6 [0.0–144.5]
D1A5959.52415.71830.4–11392.05587.2 [4480.0–7680.0]0.000
C7638.55390.01968.0–21800.05472.0 [4000.0–8256.0]
B856.0875.1185.6–3088.0536.0 [320.0–889.6]
total4778.64525.2185.6–21800.04000.0 [777.9–6075.0]
D2A7664.42616.53360.0–14360.07520.0 [4992.0–9280.0]0.000
C5547.23845.91129.0–19840.04608.0 [3120.0–7456.0]
B4451.91569.11664.0–7680.04032.0 [3360.0–5440.0]
total5826.63103.91129.0–19840.04832.0 [3456.0–7536.0]
D3A2417.11480.2344.0–7316.02336.0 [1453.0–3096.0]0.000
C2146.42453.0236.0–12099.01462.5 [819.0–2177.0]
B965.4485.8340.0–2650.0819.0 [609.0–1216.0]
total1823.21781.8236.0–12099.01301.0 [806.0–2336.0]
Table 3.

Delta (difference) between antibody levels 1 month after vaccination (D2) and 6 months after vaccination (D3); minimal (min), maximal (max), median (Me), IQR, SD (standard deviation), N – number of subjects, total – summary number of participants. P-value was find using Kruskal-Wallis test

groupMean [IU/mL]NSD [IU/mL]Min-max [IU/mL]Me [IQR] [IU/mL]p
A5247.2272566.41383.0–13459.05389.0 [3354.0–7134.0]0.003
C3400.8301811.0756.0–7741.03158.5 [2024.0–5012.0]
B3486.5301461.3614.0–6331.03105.0 [2654.0–4538.0]
total4003.4872126.7614.0–13459.03505.0 [2496.0–5535.0]
Figure 4.

Delta (difference) between antibody levels 1 month after vaccination (D2) and 6 months after vaccination (D3)

Language: English
Page range: 143 - 153
Submitted on: Oct 14, 2022
Accepted on: Mar 21, 2023
Published on: Dec 28, 2023
Published by: Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2023 Monika Stępień, Małgorzata Zalewska, Amadeusz Kuźniarski, Beata Jankowska-Polańska, Agnieszka Piwowar, Natalia Świątoniowska-Lonc, Brygida Knysz, published by Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy
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