ArticlePloS one2021
Plantar fascial fibromatosis and herpes zoster.
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- Risk factors for herpes zoster infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis unveiling common trends and heterogeneity patterns.Infection · 2024Pooled it
- Chondromalacia patella increases the risk of herpes zoster: a population-based study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Trial
- Exploring the Potential Stimuli and Deterrents of Varicella-Zoster Viral Reactivation: A Scoping Review.Cureus · 2025Review
- The risk of herpes zoster is positively associated with obesity, especially morbid obesity.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease associated with greater herpes zoster risk than alcoholic fatty liver disease.European journal of medical research · 2023Article
- Exploring the causal role of the immune response to varicella-zoster virus on multiple traits: a phenome-wide Mendelian randomization study.BMC medicine · 2023Article
- Risk of Herpes Zoster in Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis-A Population-Based Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The Risk of Herpes Zoster in Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Retrospective Population-Based Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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4 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
purposeInfection, chronic pain and depression are considered risk factors for herpes zoster (HZ). However, the correlation between plantar fascial fibromatosis (PFF) and HZ remains unknown. This study investigated HZ risk in patients with PFF.
methodsData was extracted from the Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2000, which is a subsample of the Taiwan National Health Insurance (NHI) Research Database and contains 1 million NHI beneficiaries. Between 2000 and 2012, patients diagnosed as having PFF were included in the case cohort. Every case was age and sex-matched with individuals without PFF through 1:4 frequency matching (control cohort). The end of the follow-up was defined as December 31, 2013, the date of HZ diagnosis, death, emigration, or withdrawal from the NHI program.
resultsIn total, 4,729 patients were diagnosed as having PFF and were matched with 18,916 individuals without PFF. Patients with PFF were 1.23 times more likely to develop HZ than were those without PFF. Among those aged ≥65 years, patients with PFF had a higher HZ risk than did those without PFF (adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] = 1.48). Men with PFF had a significantly higher risk of HZ than did men without PFF (aHR = 1.44).
conclusionPatients with PFF, particularly older and male patients, having a high HZ risk and may thus be vaccinated for HZ.
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