ArticleThe Journal of allergy and clinical immunology2016
Asthma as a risk factor for zoster in adults: A population-based case-control study.
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- Global herpes zoster burden in adults with COPD: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026Pooled it
- Global herpes zoster burden in adults with asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The European respiratory journal · 2024Pooled it
- Risk factors for herpes zoster infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis unveiling common trends and heterogeneity patterns.Infection · 2024Pooled it
- Risk factors for herpes zoster: should people with asthma or COPD be vaccinated?Respiratory research · 2023Pooled it
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- Sex differences in sociodemographic, clinical, and laboratory variables in childhood asthma: A birth cohort study.Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology · 2024Article
- Herpes zoster burden in patients with asthma: real-world incidence, healthcare resource utilisation and cost.BMJ open respiratory research · 2024Article
- Safety of Biological Therapies for Severe Asthma: An Analysis of Suspected Adverse Reactions Reported in the WHO Pharmacovigilance Database.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2024Article
- Prevalence and healthcare utilization in managing herpes zoster in primary care: a retrospective study in an Asian urban population.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Association of asthma and herpes zoster, the role of vaccination: A literature review.Immunity, inflammation and disease · 2022Review
- Atopic asthma as a potentially significant but unrecognized risk factor for Kawasaki disease in children.The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma · 2022Article
- Diseases with oral manifestations among adult asthmatics in Finland: a population-based matched cohort study.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Establishing an expert consensus for the operational definitions of asthma-associated infectious and inflammatory multimorbidities for computational algorithms through a modified Delphi technique.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2021Article
- Risk, Mechanisms and Implications of Asthma-Associated Infectious and Inflammatory Multimorbidities (AIMs) among Individuals With Asthma: a Systematic Review and a Case Study.Allergy, asthma & immunology research · 2021Review
- A diagnostic codes-based algorithm improves accuracy for identification of childhood asthma in archival data sets.The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma · 2021Article
- Associations of Lifestyle and Anthropometric Factors With the Risk of Herpes Zoster: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study.American journal of epidemiology · 2021Article
- Lessons learned from targeting eosinophils in human disease.Seminars in immunopathology · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundWe recently reported an increased risk of herpes zoster (shingles or zoster) in children with asthma, but little is known about whether the same is true for adults with asthma.
objectiveWe determined whether asthma is associated with an increased risk of zoster in adults.
methodsThis study was designed as a population-based case-control study. Zoster cases during the study period were identified among adults (aged ≥50 years) who resided in Olmsted County, Minnesota. We compared the frequency of asthma between zoster cases and birthday- and sex-matched control subjects (1:2 matching) without a history of zoster. Asthma status was ascertained based on predetermined criteria. A conditional logistic regression model was used to assess the association of asthma with risk of zoster.
resultsA total of 371 zoster cases and their 742 matched control subjects were enrolled. Of the 371 cases, 246 (66%) were female, 348 (94%) were white, and the mean ± SD age was 66.8 ± 10.7 years. Twenty-three percent (n = 87) of zoster cases had a history of asthma compared with 15% (n = 114) of control subjects. Controlling for pertinent covariates and confounders, there was a significant association between a history of asthma and risk of zoster (adjusted odds ratio, 1.70; 95% CI, 1.20-2.42; P = .003). The population attributable risk percentage for asthma was about 10%.
conclusionsAsthma is an unrecognized risk factor for zoster in adults. Consideration should be given to immunizing adults with asthma aged more than 50 years as a target group.
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