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. 2014 May 8;10(7):1841–1849. doi: 10.4161/hv.29008

Table 4. Indirect effects - herd protection and serotype replacement.a.

  Dutch data8 UK data6
Percentage change in non-VT IPD, for age group:  
   < 2 y 1.37 (0.77;2.46) 1.68 (1.37;2.06)
   2–4 y 1.22 (0.47;3.18) 1.82 (1.30;2.55)
   5–14 y 1.58 (0.77;3.26) 0.82 (0.64;1.04)
   15–44 y 1.22 (0.96;1.54) 0.85 (0.71;1.02)
   45–64 y 1.37 (1.11;1.70) 0.96 (0.87;1.06)
   65+ year 1.25 (1.09;1.43) 1.48 (1.32;1.65)
Percentage change in VT IPD, for age group:  
   < 2 y 0.01 (0.01;0.02)b 0.02 (0.01;0.05)
   2–4 y 0.19 (0.06;0.66) 0.07 (0.04;0.13)
   5–14 y 0.36 (0.12;1.14) 0.25 (0.16;0.38)
   15–44 y 0.81 (0.59;1.29) 0.12 (0.07;0.21)
   45–64 y 0.46 (0.33;0.63) 0.15 (0.12;0.18)
   65+ year 0.45 (0.37;0.55) 0.19 (0.14;0.25)

a Mean and confidence interval; IPD, invasive pneumococcal disease; VT, Vaccine-type; b No change in VT IPD in the original data; a continuity correction of 0.5 was applied, with an assumed confidence interval of Exp(ln(0.01)*1.1) to Exp(ln(0.01)*0.9).