Table 2. Hazard Ratios of a Positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR Test in Infants Before Age 4 Months.
Characteristic | Before January 1, 2022 | After January 1, 2022 | ||||||||||
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Live-born infants, No. | Follow-up time, d | COVID-19 positive test, No. (%) | Incidence rate, cases/10 000 d of follow-up | Hazard ratio (95% CI)a | Live-born infants, No. | Follow-up time, d | COVID-19 positive test, No. (%) | Incidence rate, cases/10 000 d of follow-up | Hazard ratio (95% CI)a | |||
Unadjusted | Adjustedb | Unadjusted | Adjustedb | |||||||||
Unvaccinated | 9759 | 485967 | 146 (1.5) | 3.0 | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] | 6728 | 320292 | 350 (5.2) | 10.9 | 1 [Reference] | 1 [Reference] |
Vaccinated | 4696 | 206857 | 25 (0.5) | 1.2 | 0.29 (0.19-0.44) | 0.29 (0.19-0.46) | 9616 | 546790 | 385 (4.0) | 7.0 | 0.63 (0.55-0.73) | 0.67 (0.57-0.79) |
Abbreviation: PCR, polymerase chain reaction.
Infants born to women who completed their 2-dose or 3-dose vaccination series during the second or third trimesters of pregnancies were compared with infants born to unvaccinated women. Hazard ratios were obtained from a Cox proportional hazards regression model. Time was included as an interaction term for the 2 periods in the unadjusted and adjusted analyses. Number of infants included: 21 643.
Adjusted for maternal age, maternal parity, maternal country of birth, maternal educational attainment as of 2019, and county of residence.