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Table 2 Association of Family History with Herpes Zoster with Different Characteristics

From: A case control study on family history as a risk factor for herpes zoster and associated outcomes, Beijing, China

HZ with different characteristics

Family historya

Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)

 

P value for trend test

Yes, n (%)

No, n (%)

P value

Controls

33 (4.9)

645 (95.1)

Reference

  

All HZ case-patients

24 (10.6)

203 (89.4)

2.4 (1.4–4.3)

0.002

NA

HZ with PHN

2 (18.2)

9 (81.8)

6.0 (0.5–66.2)

0.14

0.002

HZ without PHN

22 (10.2)

194 (89.8)

2.3 (1.3–4.2)

0.006

 

Recurrent HZ

4 (15.4)

22 (84.6)

9.4 (1.0–88.5)

0.05

0.005

Primary HZ

20 (10.0)

181 (90.0)

2.2 (1.2–3.9)

0.01

 

HZ with moderate/severe pain

21 (13.1)

139 (86.9)

3.2 (1.7–6.0)

<0.001

<0.001

HZ with mild or no pain

3 (4.5)

64 (95.5)

0.8 (0.2–3.3)

0.72

 
  1. HZ herpes zoster; adefined as history of HZ among first degree relatives (i.e., parents, offspring, siblings)