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. 2023 Sep 27;6(4):463–469. doi: 10.31662/jmaj.2023-0019

Table 2.

Vaccine Effectiveness by Dose against Severe COVID-19.

Severe COVID-19
Number of vaccinations Patients Vaccine effectiveness*
n/total (%) percent (95% CI)
All 0 54/34,097 (0.2%) Reference
1 2/705 (0.3%) −3.5% [−301.7-73.4]
2 37/30,134 (0.1%) 55.5% [32.6-71.7]
3 57/25,540 (0.2%) 76.9% [66.7-84.0]
4 19/2,174 (0.9%) 75.7% [58.8-85.7]
Over 65 0 50/953 (5.3%) Reference
1 2/37 (5.4%) −4.6% [−308.0-73.2]
2 35/1,418 (2.5%) 52.5% [27.2-69.0]
3 54/4,391 (1.2%) 77.0% [66.4-84.2]
4 19/1,414 (1.3%) 76.5% [60.1-86.2]

*Adjusted for age, sex, comorbidities, obesity, pregnancy, and smoking status. CI: confidence interval