Table 1

Incidence of adverse events (AEs), adverse reactions and serious AEs (SAEs) for the two vaccine groups


Incidence, %(n)
P-value




Sub/MF59™ (n = 391)
Subunit (n = 198)


Local reactions
24.0(94)
15.2(30)
0.012
Systemic reactions
10.7(42)
9.6(19)
0.666
AEs
6.1(24)
6.6(13)
0.840
SAEs
1.0(4)
0.5(1)
0.668
Vaccine-related AEs (definitely, probably or possibly related to the vaccine)
3.8(15)
5.1(10)
0.490
Vaccine-related SAEs (definitely, probably or possibly related to the vaccine)
0.3(1)
0.0(0)
1.000

Sub/MF59™, MF59™-adjuvanted subunit influenza vaccine; Subunit, non-adjuvanted subunit influenza vaccine

Li et al. Immunity & Ageing 2008 5:2   doi:10.1186/1742-4933-5-2