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. 2023 Feb 28;14:894. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36547-4

Table 2.

Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy against infant SARS-CoV-2 infection: cohort design

First 2 months of life First 4 months of life First 6 months of life
Infant observation period by predominant SARS-CoV-2 variant, and mother’s vaccination status Positive test N Crude incidence ratea Adjustedb VE (95% CI) Positive test N Crude incidence ratea Adjustedb VE (95% CI) Positive test N Crude incidence ratea Adjustedb VE (95% CI)
Delta period
Unvaccinated during pregnancy 54 5.47 Reference 118 5.10 Reference 190 4.78 Reference
Received ≥2 doses during pregnancy 8 0.75 84 (66,93) 27 1.43 62 (39,77) 37 1.56 56 (34,71)
Received only 1 dose during pregnancyc 0 0.00 no estimate 0 0.00 no estimate 4 1.33 68 (12,88)
Omicron period
Unvaccinated during pregnancy 54 16.98 Reference 140 18.32 Reference 302 21.11 Reference
Received ≥2 doses during pregnancy 54 16.30 21 (−21,48) 175 17.25 14 (−8,32) 320 16.34 13 (−3,26)
Received only 1 dose during pregnancyc 1 7.87 50 (−72,93) 8 17.79 36 (−23,68) 23 22.73 7 (−29,39)

Calendar day was used as the underlying scale to ensure that infants of vaccinated and unvaccinated mothers are compared on the same calendar days.

VE vaccine effectiveness.

aRate per 100 person-years.

bAdjusted for mother’s age, race/ethnicity, neighborhood deprivation index quartile, insurance payor, KPNC facility, pre-pregnancy BMI, diabetes, hypertension, parity, and child age.

cMost one dose only vaccines were received during the third trimester.