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. 2022 Jan 28;4(4):57–65. doi: 10.46234/ccdcw2022.009

Table 2. Inactivated vaccine effectiveness against clinical outcomes by age group.

Outcome Vaccination
history
18 to 59 years old ≥60 years old Total (≥18 years old)
Percentage/%
(case/total
infection)
Unadjusted VE/%
(95% CI)
Percentage/%
(case/total
infection)
Unadjusted VE/%
(95% CI)
Percentage/%
(case/total
infection)
Unadjusted VE/%
(95% CI)
Note: “—” Means no data were available.
Abbreviations: CI=Confidence interval; VE=vaccine effectiveness.
Symptomatic
disease
Unvaccinated 10.29 (42/408) Ref 29.23 (19/65) Ref 12.90 (61/473) Ref
Partially 4.89 (9/184) 52.48 (4.45 to 76.37) 9.52 (2/21) 67.42 (−28.41 to 91.73) 5.37 (11/205) 58.39 (22.60 to 77.63)
Completely primary 4.32 (32/740) 57.99 (34.53 to 73.05) 4.55 (2/44) 84.45 (36.57 to 89.63) 4.34 (34/784) 66.37 (49.65 to 77.54)
BBIBP-CorV 4.52 (9/199) 56.07 (11.55 to 78.18) 0 (0/12) 4.27 (9/211) 66.93 (34.66 to 83.26)
CoronaVac 5.17 (18/329) 49.80 (13.49 to 70.88) 0 (0/7) 5.06 (17/336) 60.77 (34.07 to 76.65)
Combined 2.83 (6/212) 72.51 (36.37 to 88.12) 8.00 (2/25) 72.63 (−9.01 to 93.13) 3.38 (8/237) 73.83 (46.21 to 87.26)
Pneumonia Unvaccinated 7.84 (32/408) Ref 24.62 (16/65) Ref 10.15 (48/473) Ref
Partially 3.26 (6/184) 58.42 (47.91 to 83.53) 4.76 (1/21) 80.65 (−37.27 to 97.27) 3.41 (7/205) 66.35 (26.90 to 84.51)
Completely primary 2.30 (17/740) 70.71 (47.91 to 83.53) 4.55 (2/44) 81.53 (23.66 to 95.53) 2.42 (19/784) 76.12 (59.88 to 85.79)
BBIBP-CorV 3.02 (6/199) 61.56 (9.58 to 83.66) 0 (0/12) 2.84 (6/211) 71.98 (35.54 to 87.82)
CoronaVac 5.77 (17/329) 72.87 (39.33 to 87.87) 0 (0/7) 2.08 (7/336) 79.47 (55.19 to 90.59)
Combined 1.89 (4/212) 75.94 (32.88 to 91.38) 8.0 (2/25) 67.50 (−31.23 to 91.95) 2.53 (6/237) 75.05 (42.55 to 89.17)
Severe case Unvaccinated 1.47 (6/408) Ref 13.85 (9/65) Ref 3.17 (15/473) Ref
Partially 0.54 (1/184) 63.04 (−204.78 to 95.52) 4.76 (1/21) 65.61 (−155.79 to 95.38) 0.98 (2/205) 69.24 (−33.30 to 92.90)
Completely primary 0 (0/740) 4.55 (2/44) 67.17 (−44.74 to 92.55) 0.26 (2/784) 91.96 (64.98 to 98.15)
BBIBP-CorV 0 (0/199) 0 (0/12) 0 (0/211)
CoronaVac 0 (0/329) 0 (0/7) 0 (0/336)
Combined 0 (0/212) 8.0 (2/25) 42.22 (−149.05 to 86.60) 0.84 (2/237) 73.39 (−15.41 to 93.86)