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. 2022 Dec 7;2022(12):CD015477. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD015477
Outcome  No. of studies No. of participants Statistical method Effect size Vaccine efficacy (95% CI)
Confirmed SARS‐CoV‐2 infection after complete vaccination 2 31,632 N/A  N/A  73.27% (35.82% to 88.87%)
Confirmed symptomatic COVID‐19 after complete vaccination 2 31,632 N/A  N/A  93.20% (91.06% to 94.83%)
Severe or critical COVID‐19 after complete vaccination 1 28,451 N/A  N/A  98.20% (92.80% to 99.60%)
All‐cause mortality  1 30,346 Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI) 1.06 (0.54 to 2.10) N/A 
Serious adverse events 2 34,072 Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI) 0.92 (0.78 to 1.08) N/A 
Systemic reactogenicity events 2 34,037 Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI) 1.28 (1.22 to 1.34) N/A 
Any adverse event 2 34,072 N/A Outcome not pooled due to considerable heterogeneity  N/A 
Local reactogenicity events  2 34,037 Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI) 3.30 (2.02 to 5.40) N/A 
CI: confidence interval; N/A: not applicable.