Table 4 Adjusted relative vaccine effectiveness of the booster vaccination comparing to full vaccination of inactivated Covid-19 vaccine

From: Effectiveness of inactivated COVID-19 vaccines among older adults in Shanghai: retrospective cohort study

 

Fully vaccinated group (N = 2,084,721)

 

Booster vaccinated group (N = 2,084,721)

Risk difference per million PWs (95% CI)

rVE (95% CI)

 

Events

Risk per million PWs

Events

Risk per million PWs

  

Outcome 1: Documented SARS-CoV-2 infection

Overall

23,193

774.9

19,470

648.7

126.2 (125.4, 127.1)

16.3 (14.4, 17.9)

Age group—no.

    60–69 years old

16,483

793.7

14,027

673.6

120.1 (119.1, 121.1)

15.1 (13.2, 17.0)

    70–79 years old

6106

744.7

4875

592.6

152.1 (150.0, 154.1)

20.4 (17.4, 23.4)

    80–89 years old

578

619.6

544

582.0

37.6 (36, 39.2)

6.1 (−5.5, 16.5)

    90 years old and above

26

830.9

24

765.4

65.5 (52.4, 78.6)

6.7 (−62.5, 46.4)

Sex—no.

    Male

11,689

789.9

9442

636.0

153.9 (152.4, 155.4)

19.5 (17.3, 21.7)

    Female

11,504

760.2

10,028

661.0

99.2 (98.2, 100.1)

13.0 (10.7, 15.3)

Whether having chronic disease

    0

14,728

787.3

12,882

686.9

100.4 (99.5, 101.3)

12.7 (10.6, 14.8)

    ≥1

8465

754.3

6588

585.0

169.3 (167.3, 171.2)

22.5 (20.0, 25.0)

Time interval between 1st dose and 2nd dose

    21–56 days

23,048

774.8

19,333

648.0

126.7 (125.9, 127.6)

16.4 (14.8, 18.0)

    57–180 days

145

800.3

137

754.3

46.0 (42.0, 49.9)

5.9 (−18.8, 25.5)

    181 days and above

0

0

0

0

–

–

Time interval since completion of 2nd dose (days)

    181–270

21,549

795.1

18,172

668.6

126.6 (125.7, 127.5)

15.9 (14.2, 17.6)

    271–360

1630

718.2

1298

570.2

147.9 (144.1, 151.8)

20.5 (14.5, 26.1)

    361 and above

14

25.0

0

0

25.0 (13.7, 35.4)

100 (NA)

Outcome 2: Severe/critical Covid-19

Overall

66

2.2

26

0.9

1.3 (1.1, 1.5)

60.5 (37.8, 74.9)

Age group—no.

    60–69 years old

16

0.8

9

0.4

0.3 (0.2, 0.4)

44.4 (−25.8, 75.4)

    70–79 years old

26

3.2

8

1.0

2.2 (1.7, 2.7)

69.1 (31.9, 86.0)

    80–89 years old

24

25.7

6

6.4

19.3 (14.1, 24.3)

74.9 (38.7, 89.8)

    90 years old and above

0

0

3

95.7

Nonea

Nonea

Sex—no.

    Male

15

1

5

0.3

0.7 (0.5, 0.9)

66.6 (8.1, 87.9)

    Female

51

3.4

21

1.4

2.0 (1.7, 2.3)

58.7 (31.3, 75.1)

Whether having chronic disease

    0

29

1.6

12

0.6

0.9 (0.7, 1.1)

58.7 (19.1, 78.9)

    ≥1

37

3.3

14

1.2

2.1 (1.6, 2.5)

61.9 (29.6, 79.4)

Time interval between 1st dose and 2nd dose

    21–56 days

64

2.2

26

0.9

1.3 (1.1, 1.5)

59.3 (35.7, 74.2)

    57–180 days

2

11

0

0

11.0 (1.3, 19.6)

100 (NA)

    181 days and above

0

0

0

0

–

–

Time interval since completion of 2nd dose (days)

    181–270

63

2.3

26

1

1.4 (1.2, 1.6)

58.7 (34.7, 73.8)

    271–360

3

1.3

0

0

1.3 (0.3, 2.2)

100 (NA)

    361 and above

0

0

0

0

–

–

Outcome 3: Covid-19-related death

Overall

11

0.4

2

0.1

0.3 (0.2, 0.4)

81.7 (17.5, 95.9)

Age group—no.

    60–69 years old

3

0.1

0

0

0.1 (0, 0.2)

100 (NA)

    70–79 years old

2

0.2

1

0.1

0.1 (0, 0.2)

50.7 (−443.5, 95.5)

    80–89 years old

6

6.4

0

0

6.4 (2.4, 10.1)

100 (NA)

    90 years old and above

0

0

1

31.9

Nonea

Nonea

Sex—no.

    Male

5

0.3

1

0.1

0.3 (0.1, 0.4)

80.2 (−69.3, 97.7)

    Female

6

0.4

1

0.1

0.3 (0.1, 0.5)

82.9 (−42.4, 97.9)

Whether having chronic disease

    0

7

0.4

1

0.1

0.3 (0.1, 0.5)

85.7 (−15.9, 98.2)

    ≥1

4

0.4

1

0.1

0.3 (0.1, 0.4)

74.6 (−127.5, 97.2)

Time interval between 1st dose and 2nd dose

    21–56 days

11

0.4

2

0.1

0.3 (0.2, 0.4)

81.7 (17.5, 95.9)

    57–180 days

0

0

0

0

–

–

    181 days and above

0

0

0

0

–

–

Time interval since completion of 2nd dose (days)

    181–270

11

0.4

2

0.1

0.3 (0.2, 0.5)

81.8 (17.7, 96.0)

    271–360

0

0

0

0

–

–

    361 and above

0

0

0

0

–

–

  1. 95% CI 95% confidence interval, PW person-weeks, NA not available.
  2. aNo evidence of protection based on a negative or very small positive point estimate and wide CIs.