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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Sex Transm Dis. 2017 Jun;44(6):365–370. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000615

Table 4.

Incidence Rate Ratios of genital warts among girls who initiated vaccination prior to age 15, comparing girls receiving 3 doses with those receiving 2 doses with a >5-month inter-dose interval, IRR (95%CI)

Base Model (N=33,851*) Full Model (N=33,851)
2 doses with a 5-month interval 0.91 (0.53, 1.58) 0.97 (0.56, 1.68)
Age** (ref= 9–11)
 12 0.43 (0.23, 0.82) 0.50 (0.26, 0.97)
 13 0.68 (0.39, 1.20) 0.83 (0.46, 1.48)
 14 0.60 (0.34, 1.05) 0.72 (0.41, 1.29)
Region (ref=South)
 Northeast 0.74 (0.44, 1.23)
 North Central 0.97 (0.65, 1.44)
 West 0.68 (0.44, 1.05)
Income (ref= >57,000)
 <4,7000 0.65 (0.44, 0.96)
 4,7000–5,7000 0.69 (0.48, 1.00)
% of minority population (ref= >35%)
 <20% 1.02 (0.67, 1.56)
 20%–35% 1.12 (0.75, 1.67)
Year (beginning of exposure period)
 2008 0.85 (0.59, 1.24)
 2009 0.55 (0.34, 0.91)
 2010 0.62 (0.34, 1.13)
 2011–2012 0.69 (0.29, 1.67)
*

3 dose group: n=30,527 total girls, 156 cases of genital warts (0.51%); 2 dose group: n=3,154 total girls, 14 genital warts (0.44%)

**

Patient age at start of exposure period. Sample limited to females aged 9–14 at start of exposure periods.