WOMEN may be at greater risk than men of injection site and systemic reactions to the seasonal flu jab, regardless of age or vaccine type, according to Canadian scientists.
They brought together and re-analysed the data from 18 previous studies, including more than 34,000 people, and found the risk of an injection site reaction was higher in women than it was in men for both, people under 65 (29% higher) and those older than 65 (43% higher).
Women were also at heightened risk of systemic reactions, regardless of age, with a 25% higher risk for younger women and 27% higher for older women.
The risk of a severe reaction was twice as high in women as it was in men, and about 50% higher in younger participants for systemic reactions.
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