Herpes zoster incidence in Germany - an indirect validation study for self-reported disease data from pretest studies of the population-based German National Cohort

Table 3 Effect of sex on HZ incidence stratified by age-group

Age-group (in years)	Hazard Ratio (95%-CI) for female vs male sex^a	p-value
20 to 29	1.05 (0.80 to 1.38)	0.727
30 to 39	1.13 (0.74 to 1.72)	0.569
40 to 49	2.05 (1.36 to 3.13)	< 0.001
50 to 59	1.62 (1.04 to 2.51)	0.031
60 to 69	1.96 (1.05 to 3.66)	0.035

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