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Volume 30, Number 6—June 2024
Research

Follow-Up Study of Effectiveness of 23-Valent Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine Against All-Type and Serotype-Specific Invasive Pneumococcal Disease, Denmark

Katrine Finderup Nielsen1Comments to Author , Lise Birk Nielsen1, Tine Dalby, Frederikke Kristensen Lomholt, Hans-Christian Slotved, Kurt Fuursted, Zitta Barrella Harboe, Charlotte Sværke Jørgensen, and Palle Valentiner-Branth
Author affiliations: Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark (K. Finderup Nielsen, L.B. Nielsen, T. Dalby, F.K. Lomholt, H.-C. Slotved, K. Fuursted, Z.B. Harboe, C.S. Jørgensen, P. Valentiner-Branth); Copenhagen University Hospital, North Zealand, Copenhagen (Z.B. Harboe); University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen (Z.B. Harboe)

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Table 3

Hazard ratios and effectiveness of PPSV23 vaccine against IPD in follow-up study, comparing time since vaccination with PPSV23 with no vaccination, Denmark, April 22, 2020–March 15, 2023*

IPD type Vaccination status No. events Person-years VE, % (95% CI)
Unadjusted Adjusted†
All Unvaccinated 200 1,277,147 Referent
0–1 y after vaccination 74 838,041 38 (18–53) 39 (19–53)
1–2 y after vaccination 131 728,480 24 (3–40) 30 (10–45)

2–3 y after vaccination
108
353,319
14 (−15 to 36)
27 (2–46)
PPSV23 serotype Unvaccinated 134 1,277,147 Referent
0–1 y after vaccination 38 838,041 51 (29–66) 52 (30–67)
1–2 y after vaccination 85 728,480 25 (−2 to 44) 30 (5–48)

2–3 y after vaccination
63
353,319
34 (5–54)
43 (19–61)
PPSV23 serotype excluding serotype 3 Unvaccinated 105 1,277,147 Referent
0–1 y after vaccination 23 838,041 64 (43–78) 65 (44–78)
1–2 y after vaccination 44 728,480 47 (22–64) 52 (29–67)

2–3 y after vaccination
35
353,319
49 (20–68)
57 (32–73)
Serotype 3 Unvaccinated 29 1,277,147 Referent
0–1 y after vaccination 15 838,041 −2 (−95 to 46) −2 (−94 to 47)
1–2 y after vaccination 41 728,480 −47 (−148 to 13) −39 (−135 to 18)

2–3 y after vaccination
28
353,319
−14 (−110 to 38)
−1 (−87 to 46)
Serotype 8 Unvaccinated 32 1,277,147 Referent
0–1 y after vaccination 3 838,041 86 (52–96) 86 (54–96)
1–2 y after vaccination 15 728,480 37 (−24 to 68) 46 (−8 to 73)

2–3 y after vaccination
9
353,319
34 (−71 to 74)
48 (−35 to 80)
Serotype 22F Unvaccinated 25 1,277,147 Referent
0–1 y after vaccination 1 838,041 92 (40–99) 92 (39–99)
1–2 y after vaccination 3 728,480 88 (59–96) 89 (64–97)
2–3 y after vaccination 5 353,319 82 (47–94) 86 (60–95)

*IPD, invasive pneumococcal disease; PCV15, 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; PCV20, 20-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; PPSV23, 23-valent polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine; VE, vaccine effectiveness. †Adjusted for age and comorbidities as a restricted cubic spline and sex as a categorical variable.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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