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. 2023 Sep 14;7(21):6751–6761. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022009643

Table 2.

IPD incidence rates ratio as % change in children with HbSS, SCD (HbSS/SC), or reference population, comparing periods

Outcome/serotypes Population Age, y IPD incidence rate ratio as % change (95% CI), P value
PCV7 vs pre-PCV period
PCV13 vs PCV7 period
PCV13 vs pre-PCV period
2000-2009 vs 1994-1999 2010-2018 vs 2000-2009 2010-2018 vs 1994-1999
All IPD HbSS 0-4 63.4 (37.0-78.7), <.001 66.0 (26.6-84.3), .006 87.6 (73.8-94.1), <.001
5-9 63.1 (9.1-85.0), .030 46.2 (−33.8 to 80.9), .239 80.1 (45.4-92.8), .002
0-9 64.7 (43.8-77.8), <.001 60.9 (27.8-78.8), .003 86.2 (75.0-92.4), <.001
HbSC 0-4 95.4 (63.8-99.4), .003 −69.1 (−96.5 to 63.9), .294 85.0 (52.2-95.3), .001
0-9 87.4 (54.3-96.5), .002 −9.1 (−79.7 to 75.4), .900 86.2 (55.8-95.7), <.001
HbSS/SC 0-4 71.6 (52.9-82.9), <.001 54.0 (9.7-76.6), .024 86.9 (75.6-93.0), <.001
5-9 55.8 (−3.9 to 81.2), .062 55.5 (−17.0 to 83.5), .111 80.3 (45.8-92.8), .002
0-9 69.6 (53.1-80.2), <.001 54.9 (21.1-74.2), .005 86.3 (76.7-91.9), <.001
Reference 0-4 72.7 (69.7-75.4), <.001 67.9 (62.0-72.8), <.001 91.2 (89.7-92.5), <.001
5-9 54.2 (35.5-67.4), <.001 49.1 (23.3-66.2), .001 76.7 (64.9-84.5), <.001
0-9 72.1 (69.2-74.8), <.001 65.9 (60.1-70.8), <.001 90.5 (89.0-91.8), <.001
Meningitis HbSS 0-9 47.0 (−42.4 to 83.8), .294 86.1 (−13.4 to 98.3), .068 92.6 (37.0-99.1), .017
Reference 0-9 50.0 (19.1-69.2), .005 51.9 (14.0-73.2), .014 76.0 (56.8-86.7), <.001
Death HbSS 0-9 92.6 (38.9-99.1), .016 16.6 (−92.5 to 94.8), .898 93.9 (49.0-99.3), .010
Reference 0-9 63.1 (18.6-83.2), .013 56.3 (−20.5 to 84.8), .125 83.9 (55.2-94.2), <.001
PCV13 HbSS/SC 0-9 68.4 (21.4-87.3), .013 100.0 (62.2 to 100.0), ∗∗0.004 100.0 (91.9 to 100.0), ∗∗<.001
Reference 0-9 18.6 (−2.7 to 35.5), .084 73.7 (64.4-80.6), <.001 78.6 (70.4-84.6), <.001
Non-PCV13 HbSS/SC 0-9 −59.4 (−88.1 to 27.8), .150 16.9 (−38.6 to 57.6), .590 −51.2 (−85.7 to 40.0), .252
Reference 0-9 −39.0 (−57.3 to 12.9), .006 14.5 (−8.5 to 33.1), .210 −28.7 (−50.3 to 2.3), .067
15B/15C HbSS/SC 0-9 34.8 (−74.4 to 89.1), .640 −9.8 (−79.8 to 75.2), .893 27.7 (−74.7 to 86.8), .708
Reference 0-9 −63.0 (−87.2 to 6.5), .066 20.6 (−31.4 to 56.8), .457 −53.4 (−84.1 to 27.0), .165

For incidence rate ratio (IRR) of <1: % change = (1 − IRR) × 100; for IRR of ≥1: % change = (1 − 1/IRR) × 100.

Non-PCV7 serotypes.

∗∗

Conditional maximum likelihood estimate of Rate Ratio; https://www.openepi.com