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Table 1 Efficacy of SARS CoV-2 Vaccines by Age Group in Phase III Clinical Trials

From: Depression, aging, and immunity: implications for COVID-19 vaccine immunogenicity

Vaccine

Type

Doses (interval)

Median Follow-up

Age Groups

N

(vaccine vs placebo)

Efficacy

(95% CI)

Primary Efficacy Outcome

Ref.

BioNTech/Pfizer

BNT162b2

mRNA

2 (3 weeks)

2 months

All

16–55

> 55

18,198 vs 18,325

10,889 vs 10,896

7971 vs 7950

95.0 (90.0–97.9)

95.6 (89.4–98.5)

93.7 (80.6–98.8)

Confirmed CoVID-19 (symptoms in combination with PCR test)

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Moderna

mRNA-1273

mRNA

2 (4 weeks)

63 days

All

18–64

> 64

14,134 vs 14,073

10,551 vs 10,521

3583 vs 3552

94.1 (89.3–96.8)

95.6 (90.6–97.9)

86.4 (61.4–95.2)

Symptomatic Covid-19 with onset at least 14 days after the second injection

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Janssen

Ad26.COV2-S

Viral vector

1

58 days

All

18–59

> 59

21,895 vs 21,888

14,564 vs 14,547

7331 vs 7341

66.9 (59.0–73.4)

63.7 (53.9–71.6)

76.3 (61.6–89.0)

Moderate to severe–critical Covid-19

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AstraZeneca/Oxford

ChAdOx1

Viral vector

2 (4–12 weeks)

61 days

All

18–64

> 64

21,587 vs 10.792

16,760 vs 8381

4827 vs 2411

74.0 (65.3–80.5)

72.8 (63.4–79.9)

83.5 (54.2–94.1)

Symptomatic illness

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