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This study examined prior COVID\u201019 vaccination in US veterans who developed new\u2010onset IIM compared to those without new\u2010onset IIM.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      For this case\u2010control study, new\u2010onset incident cases of IIM were veterans enrolled in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) with at least two IIM\n                      <jats:italic>International Classification of Diseases<\/jats:italic>\n                      (ICD) codes, at least one year of VHA enrollment before the first IIM ICD code, and chart review confirming incident IIM. Each IIM incident case was matched 1:5 to control patients without IIM who had similar age, sex, race, specialty clinic visits for the first IIM diagnostic code, and year of specialty clinic visit.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The 89 patients with new\u2010onset incident IIM identified were matched to 445 controls without IIM. Seven (7.9%) case patients and 29 (6.5%) control patients received their first COVID\u201019 vaccination within 30 days before the index date (odds ratio [OR] 1.22,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.643; adjusted OR 1.12,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.657), and 11 (12.4%) case patients and 68 (15.3%) control patients received their first vaccination within 90 days of the index date (OR 0.78,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.479; adjusted OR 0.74,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.402). Multiple other comparisons also failed to identify a statistically significant association between COVID\u201019 vaccination and IIM.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study is the first to compare the risk of developing myositis after receiving COVID\u201019 vaccination to that of a control population. 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