The differences in the characteristics between the infected and uninfected groups were estimated using the chi-square test for categorical variables, and the 2-sample t-test for continuous variables. A p<0.05 was considered to indicate statistical significance. R ver. 4.1.0 (The R Foundation, Vienna, Austria; https://www.r-project.org/) was used to perform the statistical analysis. Regarding vaccination history, the RR of vaccinated and unvaccinated groups was calculated and compared to determine the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection, and VE was evaluated based on the calculated RR reduction using the following formula [19 (link)]: