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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 4

Association between influenza vaccination and incidence of multiple sclerosis and demyelinating conditions not ultimately diagnosed as multiple sclerosis, Manitoba, Canada, 2009–2012*

Vaccination status
Multiple sclerosis, HR (95% CI) Other demyelinating conditions, 
HR (95% CI)
Model A
Model B

Model A
Model B
1 Year after index date
Unvaccinated Ref Ref Ref Ref
Vaccinated A(H1N1)pdm09/TIV 0.9 (0.6–1.2) 0.9 (0.6–1.3) 0.6 (0.3–1.2) 0.6 (0.3–1.2)
A(H1N1) pdm09 alone 0.9 (0.6–1.3) 0.9 (0.6–1.4) 0.5 (0.3–1.1) 0.5 (0.3–1.2)
Concurrent A(H1N1) pdm09/TIV 0.6 (0.3–1.3) 0.6 (0.3–1.4) 2.0 (0.4–10.9) 2.3 (0.4–15)
TIV alone 1.1 (0.5–2.3) 1.2 (0.5–2.9) NA NA
Adjuvanted A(H1N1)pdm09 alone 0.9 (0.6–1.4) 0.9 (0.6–1.5) 0.5 (0.2–1.1) 0.5 (0.2–1.1)
Concurrent adjuvanted A(H1N1)pdm09/TIV 0.6 (0.3–1.3) 0.6 (0.3–1.3) 2.0 (0.4–10.9) 2.3 (0.4–14.8)
Unadjuvanted A(H1N1)pdm09 alone 0.8 (0.2–3.4) 0.8 (0.2–3.5) 1.0 (0.1–15.9) 1.0 (0.1–15.9)
Unadjuvanted A(H1N1)pdm09/TIV
1.0 (0.1–15.9)
1.1 (0.1–18.0)

NA
NA
Entire follow-up period
Unvaccinated Ref Ref Ref Ref
Vaccinated A(H1N1)pdm09/TIV 1.0 (0.8–1.3) 1.1 (0.8–1.5) 0.7 (0.4–1.1) 0.7 (0.4–1.2)
A(H1N1) pdm09 alone 1.0 (0.8–1.4) 1.1 (0.8–1.5) 0.5 (0.3–1.0) 0.6 (0.3–1.1)
Concurrent A(H1N1) pdm09/TIV 1.1 (0.6–1.8) 1.2 (0.7–2) 1.7 (0.4–7) 2.1 (0.4–10.2)
TIV alone 0.9 (0.5–1.9) 1.2 (0.6–2.5) 1.0 (0.1–7.1) 1.5 (0.1–16.1)
Adjuvanted A(H1N1)pdm09 alone 1.0 (0.8–1.4) 1.1 (0.8–1.5) 0.5 (0.3–1.0) 0.5 (0.3–1.1)
Concurrent adjuvanted A(H1N1)pdm09/TIV 1.1 (0.6–1.8) 1.2 (0.7–2.0) 1.7 (0.4–7.0) 2.1 (0.4–10.1)
Unadjuvanted A(H1N1)pdm09 alone 0.8 (0.2–3.0) 0.8 (0.2–3.1) 1.0 (0.1–15.9) 1.0 (0.1–15.9)
Unadjuvanted A(H1N1)pdm09/TIV 1.0 (0.1–15.9) 1.2 (0.1–19.8) NA NA

*Model A estimates were adjusted for matching variables (propensity scores, age, sex, and area of residence). Model B estimates also were adjusted for receipt of the 2008–09 TIV. A(H1N1)pdm09, pandemic influenza A(H1N1) strain; HR, hazard ratio; NA, cannot be estimated; ref, referent; TIV, trivalent influenza vaccine; TIV.

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