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. 2020 May 22;117(21):365–372. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2020.0365

Table 3. Results of the systematic review and the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (DEGS1).

Study first author (reference number) Outcome: vaccination status Outcome: immune status Results*3
Exposed Not exposed Exposed Not exposed
N Positive (%) [95% CI] N Positive (%) [95% CI] N Positive (%) [95% CI] N Positive (%) [95% CI]
Varicella zoster
Reignier 2005 (16) 241 99.6 [96.0; 100]
De Villemeur 2011 (15) 395 100   382 99.7 PR: 1.00*3
Van Rijckevorsel 2012 (17) 242 100 [98.7; 100]   298 93.6 [90.2; 96.2] PR: 1.07 [1.04; 1.10]*3
Rubella
Gyorkos 2005 (18) 476 89.8
De Villemeur 2011*1 (15) 395 30.2  382 34.5 395 98.7   382 98.2 Vaccination status: PR: 0.87 [0.71; 1.07]*3
Immune status: PR: 1.01 [0.99; 1.02]*3
DEGS1 2015*2 100 42.9 [31.8; 54.8] 2719 43.7 [41.3; 46.0] 109 97.8 [92.0; 99.4] 2987 96.4 [95.3; 97.2] Vaccination status: PR: 0.98 [0.75; 1.29]
Immune status: PR: 1.02 [0.98; 1.05]
Hepatitis A
Muecke 2004 (19) 492 35.6
DEGS1 2015*2 116 42.7 [32.4; 53.7] 3292 29.2 [27.0; 31.5] 115 49.4 [37.7; 61.2] 3099 44.6 [42.1; 47.0] Vaccination status: PR: 1.46 [1.12; 1.90](*)
Immune status: PR: 1.11 [0.87; 1.42]
Pertussis (vaccinated in preceding 10 years)
DEGS1 2015*2 118 22.5 [14.6; 33.0] 3169 14.3 [12.6; 16.2] Vaccination status: PR: 1.57 [1.05; 2.36](*)
Rebmann 2018*1 (20)  96 45.8
Measles
DEGS1 2015*2  98 47.5 [36.8; 58.5] 2693 39.3 [36.6; 42.0] 108 91.3 [82.3; 96.0] 2988 91.7 [30.0; 93.1] Vaccination status: PR: 1.21 [0.95; 1.54]
Immune status: PR: 1.00 [0.93; 1.07]
Mumps
DEGS1 2015*2  97 34.2 [24.8; 45.1] 2673 30.6 [28.3; 33.1] 108 90.0 [81.4; 94.9] 2962 86.2 [84.2; 87.9] Vaccination status: PR: 1.12 [0.82; 1.53]
Immune status: PR: 1.04 [0.97; 1.13]

(*) Significant difference between groups < 0.05

*1Vaccination status determined on basis of self-reported data; *2 vaccination status determined on basis of vaccination passport (70.2 %) and self-reported data (29.8 %); *3 authors‘ own calculation

CI, Confidence interval; PR, prevalence ratio