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Volume 24, Number 7—July 2018
Research

Registry Cohort Study to Determine Risk for Multiple Sclerosis after Vaccination for Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1) with Arepanrix, Manitoba, Canada

Salaheddin M. MahmudComments to Author , Songul Bozat-Emre, Luiz C. Mostaço-Guidolin, and Ruth Ann Marrie
Author affiliations: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (S.M. Mahmud, S. Bozat-Emre, R.A. Marrie); Government of Manitoba, Winnipeg (L.C. Mostaço-Guidolin); Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg (R.A. Marrie)

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Table 3

Crude and age-standardized rates of incident demyelinating conditions not ultimately diagnosed as multiple sclerosis and influenza vaccination status, Manitoba, Canada, 2009–2012*

Vaccination status
No. events
Rate (95% CI)
Rate ratio (95% CI)
Crude
Age-standardized
Crude
Age-adjusted
1 year after index date
Unvaccinated 27 5.9 (4.1–8.6) 6.9 (2.6–11.1) 1 1
Vaccinated A(H1N1)pdm09/TIV 17 4.7 (2.9–7.6) 4.7 (0.0–10.6) 0.8 (0.4–1.5) 0.7 (0.1–6.4)
A(H1N1) pdm09 alone s s 5.6 (0.0–13.3) 0.8 (0.4–1.6) 0.8 (0.1–10.6)
Concurrent A(H1N1) pdm09/TIV s s 7.8 (0.0–17.0) 1.4 (0.6–3.7) 1.1 (0.1–15.2)
TIV alone 0 0 NA NA NA
Adjuvanted A(H1N1)pdm09 alone 11 4.7 (2.6–8.5) 5.4 (0.0–13.1) 0.8 (0.4–1.6) 0.8 (0.1–10.8)
Concurrent adjuvanted A(H1N1)pdm09/TIV s s 8.0 (0.0–17.3) 1.5 (0.6–3.8) 1.2 (0.1–15.5)
Unadjuvanted A(H1N1)pdm09 alone s s 6.2 (0.0–16.0) 1.7 (0.2–12.8) 0.9 (0.0–18.1)
Unadjuvanted A(H1N1)pdm09/TIV
0
0
NA

NA
NA
Entire follow-up period
Unvaccinated 40 3.3 (2.4–4.5) 3.6 (0.8–6.3) 1 1
Vaccinated A(H1N1)pdm09/TIV 25 2.9 (1.9–4.2) 2.9 (0.0–7.1) 0.9 (0.5–1.4) 0.8 (0.1–6.2)
A(H1N1)pdm09 alone 17 3.0 (1.9–4.9) 3.5 (0.0–9.1) 0.9 (0.5–1.6) 1.0 (0.1–10.3)
Concurrent A(H1N1)pdm09/TIV s s 3.8 (0.0–10.7) 1.1 (0.5–2.6) 1.1 (0.1–15.6)
TIV alone s s 0.4 (0.0–2.1) 0.4 (0.1–1.7) 0.1 (0.0–1.0)
Adjuvanted A(H1N1)pdm09 alone 15 2.8 (1.7–4.6) 3.2 (0.0–8.9) 0.8 (0.5–1.5) 0.9 (0.1–10.5)
Concurrent adjuvanted A(H1N1)pdm09/TIV 6 3.8 (1.7–8.4) 4.0 (0.0–10.9) 1.1 (0.5–2.7) 1.1 (0.1–16.1)
Unadjuvanted A(H1N1) alone s s 7.4 (0.0–18.0) 2.5 (0.6–10.5) 2.1 (0.1–39.9)
Unadjuvanted A(H1N1)pdm09/TIV 0 0 NA NA NA

*Rates are per 100,000 person-years. A(H1N1)pdm09, pandemic influenza A(H1N1) strain; NA, cannot be estimated; s, suppressed because of small sample size (n = 1–5) in accordance with the requirements of the data custodian; TIV, trivalent influenza vaccine.

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