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. 2022 Dec 7;25:100552. doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2022.100552

Table 3.

Vaccine effectiveness for three doses of BNT162b2 against the Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant.

Characteristic All adults
<50 years
≥50 years
≥75 years
VE (95% CI) OR (95% CI) P-value VE (95% CI) OR (95% CI) P-value VE (95% CI) OR (95% CI) P-value VE (95% CI) OR (95% CI) P-value
1. Hospitalisation

Unadjusted vaccine effectiveness
Three doses 28.4 (7.1–44.8) 0.716 (0.552–0.929) 0.012 32.6 (-24–64.2) 0.674 (0.358–1.240) 0.2 26.5 (0.5–45.7) 0.735 (0.543–0.995) 0.046 30.7 (−2.8–53.1) 0.693 (0.469–1.028) 0.067
Adjusted vaccine effectiveness - Logistic regression model
Three doses 30.9 (5.9–49.3) 0.691 (0.507–0.941) 0.019 42.6 (−17.4–72.7) 0.574 (0.273–1.174) 0.13 32.0 (3.8–52.0) 0.680 (0.480–0.962) 0.029 47.2 (16.8–66.6) 0.528 (0.334–0.832) 0.006
Age 1.001 (0.990–1.012) 0.9 1.029 (0.991–1.071) 0.14 0.994 (0.977–1.011) 0.5 1.005 (0.971–1.041) 0.8
Sex (male) 1.005 (0.756–1.335) >0.9 0.565 (0.288–1.086) 0.090 1.136 (0.824–1.569) 0.4 1.388 (0.927–2.085) 0.11
CCI 0.957 (0.877–1.042) 0.3 0.824 (0.544–1.196) 0.3 0.972 (0.887–1.063) 0.5 1.010 (0.904–1.128) 0.9
IMD 1.017 (0.967–1.069) 0.5 1.160 (1.035–1.307) 0.012 0.987 (0.932–1.044) 0.6 0.994 (0.926–1.067) 0.9
Prevalence 1.001 (1.001-1.002) <0.001 1.001 (1.000–1.002) 0.019 1.001 (1.001-1.002) <0.001 1.001 (1.001-1.002) <0.001
Week

0.959 (0.929–0.991)
0.011

0.954 (0.891–1.020)
0.2

0.962 (0.926–0.999)
0.042

0.935 (0.889–0.982)
0.008
2. Hospital admission length >3 Days

Unadjusted vaccine effectiveness
Three doses −9.1 (−74.1–31.5) 1.091 (0.685–1.741) 0.7 72.8 (−10.4–96) 0.272 (0.040–1.104) 0.11 21.0 (−39.9–55.9) 0.790 (0.441–1.399) 0.4 9.6 (−93.1–59.1) 0.904 (0.409–1.931) 0.8
Adjusted vaccine effectiveness - Logistic regression model
Three doses 56.1 (20.6–76.5) 0.439 (0.235–0.794) 0.008 74.4 (−24.2–96.9) 0.256 (0.031–1.242) 0.13 49.8 (3.8–74.7) 0.502 (0.253–0.962) 0.042 19.6 (−76.2–64.8) 0.804 (0.352–1.762) 0.6
Age 1.036 (1.014–1.059) 0.001 1.032 (0.953–1.121) 0.4 1.031 (0.999–1.064) 0.060 1.011 (0.946–1.082) 0.7
Sex (male) 1.438 (0.848–2.441) 0.2 2.548 (0.684–9.903) 0.2 1.195 (0.657–2.174) 0.6 1.247 (0.601–2.585) 0.6
CCI 1.088 (0.923–1.298) 0.3 1.986 (0.926–5.133) 0.094 1.056 (0.891–1.267) 0.5 0.995 (0.819–1.222) >0.9
IMD 1.085 (0.985–1.196) 0.10 0.939 (0.754–1.156) 0.6 1.149 (1.025–1.292) 0.018 1.145 (0.996–1.324) 0.061
Week

0.932 (0.888–0.977)
0.004

0.917 (0.810–1.024)
0.14

0.927 (0.876–0.978)
0.007

0.949 (0.887–1.014)
0.13
3. WHO score >5

Unadjusted vaccine effectiveness
Three doses 23.4 (−18.7–50.6) 0.766 (0.494–1.187) 0.2 80.7 (−8.8–99.0) 0.193 (0.010–1.088) 0.13 41.5 (4.0–64.5) 0.585 (0.355–0.960) 0.035 43.3 (−6.7–70.2) 0.567 (0.298–1.067) 0.081
Adjusted vaccine effectiveness - Logistic regression model
Three doses 58.8 (31.2–75.8) 0.412 (0.242–0.688) <0.001 81.6 (−21.1–99.1) 0.184 (0.009–1.211) 0.14 54.4 (21.6–73.9) 0.456 (0.261–0.784) 0.005 49.2 (0.2–74.7) 0.508 (0.253–0.998) 0.052
Age 1.026 (1.008–1.045) 0.005 0.971 (0.885–1.059) 0.5 1.018 (0.992–1.045) 0.2 1.005 (0.950–1.063) 0.9
Sex (male) 0.934 (0.579–1.501) 0.8 2.982 (0.727–13.043) 0.13 0.770 (0.461–1.284) 0.3 0.730 (0.385–1.376) 0.3
CCI 1.085 (0.948–1.246) 0.2 1.907 (0.916–4.525) 0.10 1.044 (0.909–1.200) 0.5 0.965 (0.815–1.137) 0.7
IMD 1.052 (0.966–1.146) 0.2 1.258 (0.994–1.642) 0.067 1.037 (0.943–1.140) 0.5 1.095 (0.973–1.236) 0.13
Week

0.969 (0.937–1.001)
0.059

0.968 (0.874–1.060)
0.5

0.960 (0.925–0.995)
0.029

0.909 (0.858–0.958)
<0.001
4. Supplementary oxygen FiO2 >28%

Unadjusted vaccine effectiveness
Three doses 15.9 (−37.6–48.6) 0.841 (0.514–1.376) 0.5 63.2 (−127.2–98.1) 0.368 (0.019–2.272) 0.4 32.3 (−15.7–60.4) 0.677 (0.396–1.157) 0.2 17.7 (−63.3–57.9) 0.823 (0.421–1.633) 0.6
Adjusted vaccine effectiveness - Logistic regression model
Three doses 41.5 (−0.4–66.3) 0.585 (0.337–1.004) 0.053 64.6 (−147.5–98.3) 0.354 (0.017–2.475) 0.4 37.1 (−11.2–64.5) 0.629 (0.355–1.112) 0.11 15.6 (−74.7–58.6) 0.844 (0.414–1.747) 0.6
Age 1.036 (1.015–1.058) <0.001 1.041 (0.938–1.160) 0.4 1.024 (0.996–1.053) 0.10 0.993 (0.936–1.053) 0.8
Sex (male) 0.899 (0.537–1.505) 0.7 2.821 (0.544–15.230) 0.2 0.760 (0.440–1.311) 0.3 0.858 (0.433–1.709) 0.7
CCI 0.919 (0.781–1.067) 0.3 1.548 (0.620–3.352) 0.3 0.900 (0.759–1.050) 0.2 0.829 (0.662–1.010) 0.080
IMD 0.970 (0.882–1.065) 0.5 1.204 (0.916–1.640) 0.2 0.954 (0.860–1.056) 0.4 1.002 (0.881–1.139) >0.9
Week 0.986 (0.950–1.021) 0.4 0.967 (0.851–1.075) 0.6 0.979 (0.940–1.017) 0.3 0.903 (0.846–0.958) 0.001

CI, Confidence Interval; CCI, Charlson comorbidity index; FiO2, Fraction inspired oxygen; IMD, index of multiple deprivation; OR, Odds Ratio; VE, vaccine effectiveness; WHO, World Health Organisation.

The results of Matched Conditional Logistic Regression models are shown in Supplementary Data 3.