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Table 1 Studies that reported testing for interactions, and/or comparing subgroups in an SCCS modeling context

From: The use of relative incidence ratios in self-controlled case series studies: an overview

Study a

Exposure

Outcomes

Interaction Tested

Estimates/RIR/int. p-value reported

Wilson et al. [11]

12 month MMR vaccination

ER visits + admissions

Sex

yes/yes/yes

Kwong et al. [26]

Influenza illness and influenza immunization

Guillain-Barré syndrome

Age, sex, month of vaccination

yes/no/yes

Benchimol et al. [13]

Influenza vaccination

ER visits + admissions + physician visits IBD flares

IBD versus healthy controls

yes/yes/yes

Wilson et al. [10]

2, 4, 6 (DTaP) and 12 month (MMR) vaccination

ER visits + admissions

SES (Neighborhood income quintiles)

yes/yes/yes

Hawken et al. [23]

Acellular/whole cell pertussis vaccine

ER visits + admissions

Whole cell (1994–1996) versus acellular pertussis vaccine (1998–2000)

yes/yes/yes

Wilson et al. [12]

2 month vaccination

ER visits + admissions

Preterm versus full term infants

yes/yes/yes

Wilson et al. [8]

2, 4, 6 and 12 month vaccination

ER visits + admissions

Quintiles of birthweight

yes/yes/yes

Connolly-Anderson et al. [27]

Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome

Acute myocardial infarction and stroke

Sex

yes/no/yes

Langan et al. [28]

Herpes Zoster infection

Stroke

Antiviral Therapy

yes/no/yes

Dodd et al. [29]

H1N1 vaccination

Guillain-Barré syndrome

Age, sex, adjuvanted vs. non-adjuvanted vaccine, concomitant seasonal flu vaccine

yes/no/yes

Butt et al. [30]

Antihypertensives

Falls

Sex

yes/no/yes

Andrews et al. [31]

MMR vaccination

Thrombocytopenic purpura

Country

yes/no/yes

Tokars et al. [32]

H1N1 and seasonal influenza vaccination

Guillain-Barré syndrome

age, sex, vaccine type, received season flu vaccine, site

yes/no/yes

Pariente et al. [33]

Antipsychotic use

Myocardial infarction

Previous history of cardiovascular disease

no/no/nob

Warren-Gash et al. [34]

Influenza vaccination

Acute MI

Age group, sex, type of infarction, and history of vascular disease

yes/no/yes

Tse et al. [35]

Influenza vaccination

Febrile seizures

concomitant 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13), age

yes/yes/yes

Gwini et al. [36]

Influenza vaccination

Acute myocardial infarction

Age, sex

yes/no/yes

Pattenden et al. [37]

Heat Exposure

Mortality

Ozone levels

yes/yes/yes

Andrews et al. [38]

Acellular pertussis/whole cell pertussis vaccine

Convulsions,

Whole cell period vs. acellular period

yes/yes/yes

Douglas et al. [39]

Thiazolidinediones

Fractures

Rosiglitazone versus pioglitazone

yes/no/yes

Miller et al. [40]

MMR

Convulsions and aseptic meningitis

Vaccine Manufacturer, Concomitant MCC vaccination vs. separate

yes/no/yes

Game et al. [41]

Initiation of dialysis

Foot ulceration

Haemodialysis vs. ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

no/no/noa

Miller et al. [42]

MMR vaccination

Gait Disturbance

doses of thimerisol containing vaccines by 4 months, \ mercury exposure intensity by 6 months

yes/no/yes

Sardinas et al. [43]

Oral polio vaccine

Intussusception

age

no/no/yes

  1. aStudies reported above the gray dividing bar are studies published by the authors and their collaboratorsbReported that interaction was tested and did not reach statistical significance