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. 2017 Jan 6;12(1):e0169368. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0169368

Table 1. PICOS criteria for eligibility of studies.

Population
  • Persons 60 years and over, healthy or with age-typical underlying diseases

  • living in industrialized countries and not belonging to indigenous minority populations

Intervention
  • Vaccination with PPV23

Comparator
  • No vaccination or placebo

Outcomes
  • IPD and PP

Study design
  • RCTs

  • Observational studies, if adjusted at least for age and comorbidities