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. 2013 Jan 8;12:11. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-11

Table 6.

Vaccine efficacy against P. falciparum disease (ATP Cohort for Efficacy)

RTS,S/AS02D
Hepatitis B Vaccine
Point estimate of VE adjusted for covariates
Subjects (N) No. of events PYAR Subjects (N) No. of events PYAR (%) 95% CI   P value
Primary Case Definition: multiple episodes
Months 2.5 – 14
146
18
124.48
151
30
127.91
50.7
−6.5
77.1
0.072
Months 2.5 – 20
146
42
193.41
151
51
198.29
26.7
−33.1
59.6
0.307
Primary Case Definition: first or only
Months 2.5 – 14
146
13
121.04
151
24
121.34
53.6
8.6
76.4
0.026
Months 2.5 – 20
146 26 181.92 151 34 178.56 34.9 −8.8 61.1 0.101

PYAR: Episodes/Person Years at Risk; VE: Vaccine Efficacy (1-HR); CI: Confidence Interval; p value from Cox PH model; Poisson regression for multiple episodes.