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. 2021 Dec 28;225(11):1915–1922. doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiab633

Table 4.

Odds Ratio of Recombinant Zoster Vaccination Among Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Test-Positive Cases Versus Test-Negative Controls

Exposure Test Positive (n = 75 726) Test Negative (n = 340 898) Odds Ratio (95% CI)
No. (%) No. (%) Unadjusted Adjusteda
RZV (≥1 dose) vaccinated 6392 (8.4) 44 786 (13.1) 0.61 (.59–.63) 0.84 (.81–.86)
 15 days to <1 monthb 302 (0.4) 1810 (0.5) 0.71 (.63–.81) 0.79 (.69–.90)
 1 to <6 months 1703 (2.3) 10 643 (3.1) 0.68 (.65–.72) 0.87 (.82–.92)
 6 months to <1 year 1697 (2.2) 14 606 (4.3) 0.50 (.47–.52) 0.83 (.78–.87)
 ≥1 year 2690 (3.6) 17 727 (5.2) 0.65 (.62–.68) 0.82 (.79–.86)
RZV (2 doses) vaccinated 4108 (5.4) 31 359 (9.2) 0.56 (.54–.58) 0.82 (.79–.85)
RZV unvaccinated 69 334 (91.6) 296 112 (86.9) NA NA

Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval; NA, not applicable; RZV, recombinant zoster vaccine; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

Adjusted for the following covariates: age, sex, race/ethnicity, calendar time, body mass index, smoking, number of outpatient visits, number of emergency department visits, frailty, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, pulmonary disease, renal disease, cancer, other vaccinations, and medical center area.

Time since most recent RZV vaccination.