Table 2. Vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic PCR and rapid antigen test confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection for full cohort, and stratified by previous infection, vaccine brand and variant of interest.
N participants | Total person-time (days) | PCR-confirmed symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection | RAT- confirmed symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection | All symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections | Unadjusted HR | (95% CI) | Unadjusted VE | (95%CI) | Adjusted VE | (95%CI) | ||
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Overall study period | Two doses—any vaccine | |||||||||||
Total cohort | 1561 | |||||||||||
Unvaccinated | 1300 | 112050 | 90 | 34 | 124 | |||||||
≥14d from 2nd dose | 1054 | 105080 | 52 | 15 | 67 | 0.56 | (0.40; 0.80) | 44 | (20; 60) | 58 | (41; 70) | |
Without Prior Infection | ||||||||||||
Unvaccinated | 437 | 36109 | 63 | 25 | 88 | |||||||
≥14d from 2nd dose | 357 | 37683 | 40 | 14 | 54 | 0.48 | (0.32; 0.70) | 52 | (30; 68) | 56 | (35; 70) | |
With Prior Infection | ||||||||||||
Unvaccinated | 863 | 75941 | 27 | 9 | 36 | |||||||
≥14d from 2nd dose | 697 | 67397 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 0.41 | (0.20; 0.84) | 59 | (16; 80) | 58 | (11; 80) | |
Two doses—BNT162b2 vaccine | ||||||||||||
Total cohort | 1470 | |||||||||||
Unvaccinated | 1300 | 112050 | 90 | 34 | 124 | |||||||
≥14d from 2nd dose | 732 | 72695 | 25 | 6 | 31 | 0.40 | (0.26; 0.63) | 60 | (37; 74) | 68 | (51; 79) | |
Without Prior Infection | ||||||||||||
Unvaccinated | 437 | 36109 | 63 | 25 | 88 | |||||||
≥14d from 2nd dose | 239 | 25763 | 22 | 6 | 28 | 0.37 | (0.24; 0.60) | 63 | (40; 76) | 63 | (43; 77) | |
Two doses—BBIBP-CorV vaccine | ||||||||||||
Total cohort | 1337 | |||||||||||
Unvaccinated | 1300 | 112050 | 90 | 34 | 124 | |||||||
≥14d from 2nd dose | 227 | 21136 | 18 | 6 | 24 | 0.87 | (0.52; 1.45) | 13 | (-45; 48) | 40 | (1; 64) | |
Without Prior Infection | ||||||||||||
Unvaccinated | 437 | 36109 | 63 | 25 | 88 | |||||||
≥14d from 2nd dose | 91 | 8977 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 0.74 | (0.41; 1.33) | 26 | (-33; 59) | 31 | (-26; 62) | |
Delta period | Two doses—any vaccine | |||||||||||
Total cohort | 1556 | |||||||||||
Unvaccinated | 1162 | 72917 | 67 | 25 | 92 | |||||||
≥14d from 2nd dose | 1068 | 96751 | 49 | 15 | 64 | 0.60 | (0.41; 0.86) | 40 | (14; 59) | 52 | (30; 66) | |
Without Prior Infection | ||||||||||||
Unvaccinated | 378 | 21896 | 45 | 19 | 64 | |||||||
≥14d from 2nd dose | 339 | 30932 | 36 | 12 | 48 | 0.53 | (0.35; 0.80) | 47 | (20; 65) | 52 | (26; 69) | |
With Prior Infection | ||||||||||||
Unvaccinated | 784 | 51021 | 22 | 6 | 28 | |||||||
≥14d from 2nd dose | 729 | 65819 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 0.49 | (0.25; 0.98) | 51 | (2; 75) | 47 | (-10; 74) | |
Two doses—BNT162b2 vaccine | ||||||||||||
Total cohort | 1371 | |||||||||||
Unvaccinated | 1162 | 72917 | 67 | 25 | 92 | |||||||
≥14d from 2nd dose | 733 | 64109 | 23 | 6 | 29 | 0.46 | (0.28; 0.73) | 54 | (27; 72) | 61 | (38; 75) | |
Without Prior Infection | ||||||||||||
Unvaccinated | 378 | 21896 | 45 | 19 | 64 | |||||||
≥14d from 2nd dose | 222 | 19615 | 19 | 5 | 24 | 0.46 | (0.28; 0.77) | 54 | (23; 72) | 55 | (26; 73) | |
Two doses—BBIBP-CorV vaccine | ||||||||||||
Total cohort | 1250 | |||||||||||
Unvaccinated | 1161 | 72906 | 67 | 25 | 92 | |||||||
≥14d from 2nd dose | 227 | 20221 | 18 | 6 | 24 | 0.88 | (0.52; 1.5) | 12 | (-50; 48) | 37 | (-9; 63) | |
Without Prior Infection | ||||||||||||
Unvaccinated | 378 | 21896 | 45 | 19 | 64 | |||||||
≥14d from 2nd dose | 91 | 8474 | 15 | 5 | 20 | 0.72 | (0.39; 1.31) | 28 | (-31; 61) | 34 | (-23; 64) |
* due to the small number of events, brand-specific VE in participants with previous infection could not be estimated