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. 2021 May 21;70(20):753–758. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7020e2

TABLE 2. COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness among health care personnel case-patients and controls, by number of COVID-19 vaccine doses received before SARS-CoV-2 test date — 33 U.S. sites, January–March 2021.

Interval from dose to test date No. (%)
Vaccine effectiveness
% (95% CI)
Case-patients*
(N = 623) Controls*
(N = 1,220) Unadjusted Adjusted§
Dose 1
≥14 days
64 (10)
241 (20)
82.2 (75.1–87.3)
81.7 (74.3–86.9)
Dose 2
≤2 days
5 (<1)
109 (9)
3–6 days
16 (3)
85 (7)
≥7 days 19 (3) 184 (15) 93.4 (86.4–96.8) 93.5 (86.5–96.9)

Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; HCP = health care personnel; mOR = matched odds ratio; OR = odds ratio; PCR = polymerase chain reaction; VE = vaccine effectiveness.

* Case-patients: HCP who received positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR or antigen-based test results and had one or more symptoms of COVID-19–like illness; controls: HCP who received negative SARS-CoV-2 PCR test results.

VE (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna) was estimated using a conditional logistic regression model accounting for matching by site of enrollment and week of test date.

§ OR used in conditional logistic regression model to calculate VE was adjusted for age, race, and presence of underlying conditions: VE = 100% × (1−mOR).