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. 2023 Feb 10;11(5):439–452. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(23)00015-2

Table 2.

Vaccine effectiveness for any primary COVID-19 vaccine series against infections, hospitalisations, and mortality I2

Baseline, days
Follow-up, days
I2 σ
0–13 14–42 112–139 140–167 168–195 196–223 224–251 252–279 280–307
Any variant
Documented infections
Vaccine effectiveness 67% (95% CI 53 to 77; 95% PI −20 to 91) 83%* (95% CI 80 to 86; 95% PI 39 to 95) 62% (95% CI 53 to 69; 95% PI −29 to 89) 56% (95% CI 47 to 63; 95% PI −38 to 88) 51%* (95% CI 40 to 60; 95% PI −44 to 87) 56% (95% CI 43 to 66; 95% PI −38 to 88) 50%* (95% CI 34 to 61; 95% PI −46 to 86) 49% (95% CI 27 to 64; 95% PI −48 to 86) 47% (95% CI 18 to 65]; 95% PI −51 to 86) 53, 47 0·48, 0·44
κ 8 (14) 40 (96) 22 (50) 31 (77) 21 (49) 15 (23) 13 (21) 8 (12) 6 (8) .. ..
Hospitalisations
Vaccine effectiveness 88% (95% CI 75 to 94; 95% PI 20 to 98) 92% (95% CI 88 to 94; 95% PI 51 to 99) 89% (95% CI 84 to 92; 95% PI 33 to 98) 86% (95% CI 80 to 90; 95% PI 20 to 98) 83% (95% CI 74 to 89; 95% PI −2 to 97) 82% (95% CI 70 to 89; 95% PI −10 to 97) 79% (95% CI 65 to 87; 95% PI −23 to 97) .. .. 33, 65 0.51, 0·72
κ 4 (7) 21 (55) 11 (37) 15 (37) 9 (19) 6 (8) 7 (9) .. .. .. ..
Mortality
Vaccine effectiveness .. 91% (95% CI 85 to 95; 95% PI 45 to 99) 91% (95% CI 81 to 95; 95% PI 37 to 99) 85% (95% CI 73 to 91; 95% PI 3 to 98) 86% (95% CI 73 to 93; 95% PI 9 to 98) .. .. .. .. 26, 69 0·46, 0·75
κ .. 10 (23) 4 (7) 8 (15) 4 (8) .. .. .. .. .. ..
Omicron
Documented infections
Vaccine effectiveness .. 61% (95% CI 51 to 68; 95% PI 11 to 83) 36% (95% CI 18 to 50; 95% PI −32 to 72) 31%* (95% CI 14 to 45; 95% PI −36 to 70) 21%* (95% CI 0 to 38; 95% PI −44 to 66) 34%* (95% CI 16 to 49; 95% PI −34 to 71) .. .. 22%* (95% CI −9 to 45; 95% PI −46 to 67) 32, 68 0·22, 0·33
κ .. 12 (21) 6 (10) 7 (14) 5 (10) 6 (8) .. .. 4 (4) .. ..
Hospitalisations
Vaccine effectiveness .. 71% (95% CI 58 to 80; 95% PI 32 to 88) .. .. 52% (95% CI 29 to 67; 95% PI −12 to 79) .. .. .. .. 40, 55 0·23, 0·27
κ .. 6 (7) .. .. 4 (4) .. .. .. .. .. ..

I2 is Higgin's and Thompson's I2 presented at the within-study and between-study levels. σ is an estimate of τ, the SD of effect sizes in the population, presented at the within-study and between-study levels. κ=number of studies pooled (number of cohorts or observations pooled). PI=prediction interval.

*

Vaccine effectiveness at this follow-up timepoint is statistically different from the vaccine effectiveness observed at baseline 1 (0–13 days).

Vaccine effectiveness at this follow-up timepoint is statistically different from the vaccine effectiveness observed at baseline 2 (14–42 days).