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Table 5 Potential factors associated with COVID-19 vaccine side effects

From: Perceptions and experiences of COVID-19 vaccines’ side effects among healthcare workers at an Egyptian University Hospital: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Side effect of COVID-19 vaccines

χ2

p

No side effects

Side effect

n

%

n

%

Age in years

 20

49

8.6

519

91.4

6.968

0.138

 30

18

8.4

196

91.6

 40

16

6.4

234

93.6

 50

25

12.8

171

87.2

 60

3

16.7

15

83.3

Sex

 Males

18

6.5

261

93.5

2.674

0.102

 Females

93

9.6

874

90.4

Job

 Physicians

51

8.8

530

91.2

4.372

0.224

 Nurses

46

8.2

516

91.8

 Technicians

11

15.7

59

84.3

 Others

3

9.1

30

90.9

Smoking

 Non-smokers

109

9.0

1101

91.0

FE

0.765

 Smokers

2

5.6

34

94.4

Doses

 One

39

10.6

330

98.4

1.782

0.182

 Two

72

8.2

805

91.8

Diabetes

 Negative

107

8.9

1101

91.1

FE

0.769

 Positive

4

10.5

34

89.5

Hypertension

 Negative

106

8.9

1086

91.1

FE

0.810

 Positive

5

9.3

49

90.7

Allergy

 Negative

109

9.0

1103

91.0

FE

0.762

 Positive

2

5.9

32

94.1

 Total

111

8.9

1135

91.1

  1. Fisher’s exact test