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. 2022 Aug 26;13:945930. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.945930

Table 4.

Breakthrough infection and symptomatic COVID-19 of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant.

Type of disease Age (year) Weeks post final vaccination No. of studies P h/I 2 (%) Incidence per 100 person years (95% CI) RR (95% CI) P Vaccine name
RCT studies: symptomatic COVID-19 ≥18 26-34 2 0.512/0.0 5.0 (4.1, 6.0) Ref Ref mRNA-1273
34-56 3 0.507/0.0 7.4 (6.6, 8.2) 1.41 (1.15, 1.73) <0.001
18-64 26-34 1 NA 5.3 (4.1, 6.5) Ref Ref mRNA-1273
≥65 3.9 (2.3, 5.6) 0.76 (0.47, 1.23) NA
18-64 34-56 1 NA 8.7 (7.3, 10.1) Ref Ref mRNA-1273
≥65 4.8 (3.0, 6.6) 0.57 (0.38, 0.86) <0.001
Cohort studies: symptomatic COVID-19 ≥18 2-21 9 <0.001/99.8 0.6 (0.5, 0.8) Ref Ref mRNA-1273; BNT162b2; Ad26.COV2.S
4-26 9 <0.001/99.2 0.8 (0.6, 1.0) 1.06 (1.03, 1.08) <0.001
9-34 6 <0.001/99.5 0.8 (0.6, 1.0) NA NA mRNA-1273; BNT162b2
18-49 2-21 3 <0.001/99.6 0.9 (0.6, 1.2) Ref Ref mRNA-1273; BNT162b2; Ad26.COV2.S
50-64 <0.001/99.2 0.6 (0.3, 0.8) 0.57 (0.55, 0.59) <0.001
≥65 <0.001/99.2 0.4 (0.3, 0.6) 0.49 (0.47, 0.51) <0.001
18-49 4-26 3 <0.001/99.2 1.2 (0.8, 1.6) Ref Ref
50-64 <0.001/97.8 0.7 (0.5, 1.0) 0.66 (0.63, 0.70) <0.001
≥65 <0.001/97.8 0.5 (0.3, 0.7) 0.43 (0.41, 0.45) <0.001
18-49 9-34 2 <0.001/99.5 1.1 (0.7, 1.6) Ref Ref mRNA-1273; BNT162b2
50-64 <0.001/98.2 0.7 (0.5, 1.0) 0.65 (0.62, 0.69) <0.001
≥65 <0.001/99.0 0.6 (0.3, 0.8) 0.55 (0.53, 0.58) <0.001
Cohort studies: SARS-CoV-2 infection ≥18 2-10 3 <0.001/99.8 1.1 (0.2, 2.0) Ref Ref mRNA-1273; BNT162b2; Ad26.COV2.S
10-18 <0.001/98.7 4.1 (0.2, 8.1) 2.93 (2.84, 3.02) <0.001
18-26 <0.001/98.9 6.1 (1.7, 10.5) 3.03 (2.94, 3.13) <0.001
26-33 <0.001/99.6 9.3 (3.4, 15.3) 4.22 (4.07, 4.38) <0.001
≥ 33 <0.001/99.7 12.3 (4.1, 20.5) 5.79 (5.52, 6.07) <0.001
≥18 2-10 3 0.023/73.4 1.5 (1.4, 1.6) Ref Ref mRNA-1273; BNT162b2
10-18 <0.001/99.7 5.4 (3.5, 7.3) 2.98 (2.89, 3.07) <0.001
18-26 <0.001/97.8 6.1 (4.7, 7.5) 2.92 (2.82, 3.02) <0.001
26-33 <0.001/99.2 8.1 (2.8, 13.3) 3.69 (3.55, 3.84) <0.001
≥ 33 0.093/58.0 10.1 (7.7, 12.5) 5.76 (5.49, 6.04) <0.001
18-49 2-26 3 <0.001/97.8 6.0 (1.4, 10.5) Ref Ref mRNA-1273; BNT162b2; Ad26.COV2.S
50-64 <0.001/98.2 4.3 (1.2, 7.5) 0.83 (0.81, 0.85) <0.001
≥65 <0.001/99.3 1.0 (0.1, 2.0) 0.31 (0.30, 0.32) <0.001
18-49 ≥ 26 2 <0.001/98.8 16.1 (10.0, 22.2) Ref Ref
50-64 0.006/86.8 11.5 (9.9, 13.0) 0.78 (0.73, 0.82) <0.001
≥65 <0.001/97.3 4.8 (3.6, 6.0) 0.33 (0.31, 0.35) <0.001

Ref, reference; NA, not available.