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Table 3 Different Strength of Association between Family History and Herpes Zoster by Sexa

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

 

Family history

Odds ratio

(95% confidence interval)

 

Yes, n (%)

No, n (%)

P value

Male participants

 HZ case-patients

11 (64.7)

90 (38.1)

3.3 (1.1–10.1)

0.04

 Controls

6 (35.3)

146 (61.9)

Reference

 

Female participants

 HZ case-patients

13 (46.4)

113 (36.8)

1.7 (0.7–4.0)

0.22

 Controls

15 (53.6)

194 (63.2)

Reference

 
  1. HZ herpes zoster; acontrols with discordant sex from the matched case were removed from the analysis, leading to reduced number of controls included in this stratified analysis