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. 2019 Jun 28;15(12):2865–2872. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2019.1627818

Table 2.

Vaccine efficacy against first or only episode of herpes zoster in ZOE-50/70 participants reporting at least 1 of the 15 selected medical conditions at enrollment (pooled modified Total Vaccinated Cohort).

  RZV
Placebo
 
  N n Cumulative follow-uppy Rate of HZ cases/
1,000 py
N n Cumulative follow-up
py
Rate of HZ cases/
1,000 py
Vaccine efficacy
% (95% CI)
Selected medical conditions present at enrollment
Hypertension 7,206 21 27,202.9 0.8 7,226 254 26,752.4 9.5 91.9 (87.3–95.1)
Osteoarthritis and/or vertebral disorders 4,951 16 18,732.8 0.9 5,032 178 18,604.4 9.6 91.1 (85.1–95.0)
Dyslipidemia 4,628 15 17578.0 0.9 4,707 169 17,507.2 9.7 91.2 (85.1–95.2)
Diabetes 2,350 7 8,723.8 0.8 2,372 80 8,652.7 9.2 91.2 (81.1–96.6)
Osteoporosis/Osteopenia 1,481 5 5,551.7 0.9 1,528 72 5,552.1 13.0 92.9 (82.7–97.8)
Gastroesophageal reflux disease 1,334 6 5,009.7 1.2 1,313 44 4,816.2 9.1 86.9 (69.0–95.4)
Sleep disorder 1,304 4 4,899.3 0.8 1,309 56 4,803.3 11.7 93.1 (81.4–98.2)
Prostatic diseases 1,244 2 4,648.4 0.4 1,285 50 4,667.0 10.7 96.1 (85.1–99.5)
Hypothyroidism 1,167 4 4,387.0 0.9 1,147 28 4,241.0 6.6 86.2 (60.4–96.5)
Depression 1,017 2 3,767.1 0.5 987 29 3,567.5 8.1 93.4 (74.1–99.2)
Coronary heart disease 1,003 1 3,773.8 0.3 1,055 35 3,912.8 8.9 97.0 (82.3–99.9)
Cataract 782 4 2,964.7 1.3 800 41 2,931.0 14.0 90.4 (73.4–97.5)
Asthma 646 3 2,420.9 1.2 689 28 2,575.8 10.9 88.8 (63.6–97.8)
Respiratory disorders# 614 3 2,220.5 1.4 560 17 1,944.4 8.7 84.5 (46.4–97.1)
Renal disorders 308 1 1,064.8 0.9 300 7 1,001.5 7.0 86.6 (-4.5–99.7)
Number of selected medical conditions present at enrollment
1 3,159 5 12,269.2 0.4 3,211 109 12,213.4 8.9 95.4 (89.0–98.5)
2 3,080 7 11,797.1 0.6 3,117 97 11,746.4 8.3 92.8 (84.7–97.2)
3 2,316 8 8,803.7 0.9 2,455 88 9,162.6 9.6 90.5 (80.5–96.0)
At least 3 5,188 19 19,417.0 1.0 5,280 199 19,338.4 10.3 90.5 (84.8–94.4)
At least 4 2,872 11 10,613.3 1.0 2,825 111 10,175.8 10.9 90.6 (82.4–95.4)
At least 5 1,406 5 5,132.5 1.0 1,350 52 4,742.4 11.0 91.2 (78.0–97.3)
At least 6 569 2 2,039.2 1.0 551 20 1,910.1 10.5 90.9 (62.5–99.0)

RZV = participants receiving the adjuvanted recombinant zoster vaccine; Placebo = participants receiving placebo; ZOE-50/70 = RZV efficacy studies in adults ≥50 YOA (NCT01165177) and ≥70 YOA (NCT01165229), respectively; N = number of participants in each category; n = number of confirmed first or only herpes zoster case; HZ, herpes zoster; CI = confidence interval; py = person years. The follow-up period was censored at the first occurrence of a confirmed HZ episode.

#Other than asthma.