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. 2019 Feb 22;19:186. doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-3816-7

Table 3.

Vaccine effectiveness against AGE hospitalization during the post-vaccine period by age group

Age Group Direct VE, %
(95% CI)
Indirect VE, %
(95% CI)
Overall VE, %
(95% CI)
Total VE, %
(95% CI)
< 1 59* (54, 64) 25* (12, 36) 49* (37, 58) 69* (63, 74)
1 63* (55, 69) 38* (20, 52) 59* (46, 68) 77* (71, 81)
2 57* (44, 66) 28* (5, 46) 49* (33, 62) 69* (59, 76)
3 60* (49, 68) 16 (− 7, 34) 42* (27, 55) 67* (58, 74)
4 54* (42, 64) 11 (− 13, 29) 33* (16, 46) 60* (47, 70)
0–4 56* (50, 61) 27* (15, 38) 48* (40, 55) 68* (63, 72)
5–9 33* (19, 45) 16* (8, 24) 20* (12, 27) 44* (31, 55)

*Represents significance at the alpha = 0.05 level