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. 2023 Jan 25;107(5):1124–1135. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004535

TABLE 4.

Vaccine effectiveness against hospitalization and against hospitalization or death, by vaccine number and type, during the Omicron-dominant period December 20, 2021, to March 31, 2022

Vaccination status Person-years Hospitalizations within 14 d of SARS-CoV-2 positive infection Deaths within 28 d of SARS-CoV-2 positive infection Hospitalizations within 14 d or deaths within 28 d of SARS-CoV-2 positive infection Risk-adjusted hospitalization incidence rate ratio (hospitalization within 14 d of SARS-CoV-2 positive infection) P Risk-adjusted hospitalization or death incidence rate ratio (hospitalization within 14 d or death within 28 d of SARS-CoV-2 positive infection) P
Unvaccinated 497 38 10 43
Two doses 870.5 82 13 92 1.27 (0.86-1.88) 0.2 1.27 (0.88-1.83) 0.2
Three doses 6793 341 106 389 0.66 (0.46-0.93) 0.02 0.62 (0.45-0.86) 0.004
Four doses 1983 54 14 63 0.43 (0.27-0.66) <0.0001 0.39 (0.26-0.58) <0.0001
By vaccine type
 Unvaccinated 497 38 10 43
 AZ spine only 520.5 52 8 57 1.36 (0.89-2.07) 0.2 1.32 (0.89-1.97) 0.2
 mRNA spine only 350 30 5 35 1.15 (0.71-1.86) 0.6 1.19 (0.76-1.87) 0.4
 AZ spine + mRNA booster 3944.4 194 65 220 0.66 (0.46-0.94) 0.02 0.62 (0.44-0.87) 0.01
 mRNA spine + mRNA booster 2848.6 147 41 169 0.65 (0.45-0.94) 0.02 0.62 (0.44-0.88) 0.01
 AZ spine + 2 mRNA boosters 1055.8 32 8 36 0.48 (0.29-0.79) 0.004 0.42 (0.27-0.67) <0.0001
 mRNA spine + 2 mRNA boosters 927.1 22 6 27 0.36 (0.21-0.63) <0.0001 0.35 (0.21-0.57) <0.0001

“–” represents ‘Not relevant’ in this context.

AZ, ChAdOx1-S vaccine; mRNA, BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273 vaccines; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.