COVID-19 vaccination lowers SARS-CoV-2 infection risk independent of diabetes, cancer and smoking in SHIP-COVID cohort, Northern Germany.

Sci Rep · 2025 · PMC12504655 · PMID 41057499

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did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

Although this association did not reach statistical significance, the OR indicates a potential positive trend.

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a possible trendno p-value reported

However, the observed odds ratios (OR 1.68 and 1.45 Tables S1 and S2 ) points to a possible trend toward an association that did not reach statistical significance, potentially due to vaccination of the population.

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a positive trendno p-value reported

However, this increase in both cases was not statistically significant (SHIP-START-3: OR 1.68, p = 0.25, 95%CI 0.69–4.14, SHIP-START-4: OR 1.45, p = 0.17, 95% CI 0.86–2.46), though the OR suggests a positive trend in both datasets.

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