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Letter to the editor regarding “The role of age-sex interaction in the development of post-herpetic neuralgia”
oleh: Cintia Muñoz-Quiles, Mónica López-Lacort, Alejandro Orrico-Sánchez, Javier Díez-Domingo
Format: | Article |
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Diterbitkan: | Taylor & Francis Group 2018-04-01 |
Deskripsi
The objective of the study was to evaluate the role of age and sex and their combined effect in the development of post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) in a large population-based study, in order to confirm the results published previously by Amicizia et al. Data were extracted from population and healthcare databases from the Valencia Region (2009–2014). Logistic regressions were implemented to estimate the effect of increasing age on the probability of developing PHN stratified by sex. From a cohort of 2,289,485 subjects ≥ 50 years, 87,086 cases of HZ were registered and 13,658 (15.7%) of them developed PHN. In our population, PHN cases were more common in women and rose with increasing age independently of the sex.