ArticleAllergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology2020
Asthma increases the risk of herpes zoster: a nested case-control study using a national sample cohort.
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- 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: should people with asthma or COPD be vaccinated?Respiratory research · 2023Pooled it
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- Association of Chronic Diseases With Herpes Zoster in China: A Nationwide Population-Based Survey.Health care science · 2026Article
- Association of asthma and herpes zoster, the role of vaccination: A literature review.Immunity, inflammation and disease · 2022Review
- Incident and recurrent herpes zoster for first-line bDMARD and tsDMARD users in seropositive rheumatoid arthritis patients: a nationwide cohort study.Arthritis research & therapy · 2022Article
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- Vaccination in Older Adults: An Underutilized Opportunity to Promote Healthy Aging in India.Drugs & aging · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundThis study aimed to complement previous studies on the risk of herpes zoster in the asthmatic adult population.
methodsThe Korean Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service-National Sample Cohort (HIRA-NSC) from 2002 through 2013 was used. A total of 64,152 participants with herpes zoster were matched for age, sex, income, region of residence, hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia with 239,780 participants who were included as a control group. In both the herpes zoster and control groups, previous history of asthma were investigated. The crude and adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of asthma for herpes zoster were analyzed using unconditional logistic regression analysis. Subgroup analyses were conducted according to age and sex.
resultsApproximately 16.2% (9728/59,945) and 12.8% (30,752/239,780) of participants in the herpes zoster and control groups, respectively, had a previous history of asthma (P < 0.001). The herpes zoster group demonstrated a 1.32-times higher odds of asthma than the control group (95% CI 1.28-1.35, P < 0.001). The increased odds of asthma in the herpes zoster group persisted in all the age and sex subgroups.
conclusionsThe odds for asthma were higher in the herpes zoster group.
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