Research Article

Vaccinations Do Not Increase Arthritis Flares in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Study of the Relationship between Routine Childhood Vaccinations on the Australian Immunisation Schedule and Arthritis Activity in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Table 2

Self-controlled case series analyses.

AnalysisRR (95% CI) valuePatients ()Arthritis flares ()

Primary analysis risk interval: 90 days0.59 (95% CI 0.39-0.89)0.01213832
Sensitivity analysis 1; RI: 90 days, excluding nonspecific flare dates0.38 (95% CI 0.21-0.67)0.00912216
Sensitivity analysis 2; RI: 42 days, excluding nonspecific flare dates0.12 (95% CI 0.02-0.49)0.0031222