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Table 5 Effectiveness of PPV23 in patients ≥75 years of age at different intervals after vaccination, estimated by the indirect cohort (Broome) method, July 2008 to June 2016 (= 1051)

From: Application of the screening and indirect cohort methods to evaluate the effectiveness of pneumococcal vaccination program in adults 75 years and older in Taiwan

Time since PPV23 vaccination

Cases

Controls

Crude VE (%)

95%CI

Adjusted VE (%)

95%CI

No vaccination

598

118

Ref.

 

Ref.

 

≤ 1 years

29

11

48.0

(−7.0 to 74.7)

73.7

(39.0 to 88.7)

> 1 and ≤ 2 years

41

15

46.1

(−0.6 to 71.1)

64.4

(29.2 to 82.0)

> 2 and ≤ 3 years

37

14

47.9

(0.5 to 72.7)

48.9

(−1.6 to 74.3)

> 3 and ≤ 4 years

46

13

30.2

(−33.3 to 63.4)

19.2

(−61.3 to 59.5)

> 4 and ≤ 5 years

26

8

35.9

(−45.1 to 71.7)

−3.4

(−144.9 to 56.3)

> 5 years

70

25

44.7

(9.1 to 66.4)

15.5

(−47.1 to 51.4)

  1. PPV23 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine, Ref reference, VE vaccine effectiveness, CI confidence interval