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. 2017 May 3;216(3):305–316. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jix199

Table 4.

Incidence Rates and Hazard Ratios for Protection With Prior Rotavirus Infection

No. of Previous Rotavirus Infections Subsequent Rotavirus Infection
Overall Countries Using Vaccine Countries not Using Vaccine
Events IR Unadjusted HR Adjusted HR
(95% CI)
Events IR Unadjusted HR Adjusted HR (95% CI) Events IR Unadjusted HR Adjusted HR (95% CI)
0 1657 1.376 571 1.333 1086 1.399
1 929 0.649 0.471 0.439a (.401–.481) 248 0.425 0.319 0.286a (.241–.338) 681 0.802 0.573 0.531a (.478–.590)
2 307 0.509 0.369 0.304a (.261–.355) 68 0.450 0.337 0.271a (.205–.358) 239 0.528 0.377 0.319a (.266–.383)
≥3 92 0.424 0.307 0.222a (.176–.280) 26 0.719 0.539 0.360a (.238–.545) 66 0.365 0.260 0.197a (.150–.258)
Subsequent Rotavirus Diarrhea
0 139 0.115 13 0.030 126 0.162
1 178 0.124 1.077 1.178 (.916–1.515) 46 0.079 2.601 1.305 (.564–3.022) 132 0.156 0.958 1.161 (.889–1.516)
2 64 0.106 0.918 0.795 (.561–1.125) 17 0.112 3.703 1.254 (.490–3.210) 47 0.104 0.640 0.750 (.509–1.105)
≥3 27 0.124 1.077 0.673 (.409–1.106) 3 0.083 2.733 0.495 (.114–2.152) 24 0.133 0.816 0.774 (.456–1.315)

Age- and site-adjusted incidence rates and hazard ratios.

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; IR, incidence rate.

a P < .001.