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. |