Identification of sex-associated network patterns in Vaccine-Adverse Event Association Network in VAERS

Table 1 General characteristics of the networks

	N_node	N_link	Average degree	Average path length	Network diameter
1990	342	990	5.79	3.05	7
1991	634	2,756	8.69	2.69	5
1992	553	2,275	8.23	2.58	5
1993	517	2,263	8.75	2.45	5
1994	549	2,487	9.06	2.46	5
1995	637	3,080	9.67	2.54	6
1996	628	3,028	9.64	2.54	5
1997	660	3,270	9.91	2.51	5
1998	793	3,989	10.06	2.54	5
1999	1,047	5,245	10.21	2.67	5
2000	1,065	5,708	10.72	2.59	5
2001	906	4,904	10.83	2.53	5
2002	987	5,289	10.72	2.58	5
2003	1,430	8,197	11.46	2,52	5
2004	1,160	6,491	11.19	2.62	5
2005	1,315	7,290	11.08	2.66	6
2006	1,978	12,128	12.26	2.66	5
2007	3,103	20,214	13.03	2.59	5
2008	3,045	20,196	13.27	2.58	6
2009	3,351	22,054	13.16	2.57	5
2010	2,639	18,041	13.67	2.62	5
2011	2,142	13,533	12.64	2.69	5
2012	1,943	12,292	12.65	2.72	5
2013	826	4,886	11.83	2.72	5
Female	4,947	49,616	20.14	2.35	5
Male	4,519	51,578	22.83	2.35	5
Overall	5,938	53,742	18.10	2.48	5

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