Racial differences in the occurrence of herpes zoster.
Racial differences in the occurrence of herpes zoster.
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带状疱疹发生的种族差异。
DOI：
10.1093/infdis/171.3.701
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1995
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Hamilton,JD
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Schmader,K;George,LK;Burchett,BM;Pieper,CF;Hamilton,JD
本研究的目的是确定带状疱疹（带状疱疹）的发生是否存在种族差异。研究人群是杜克大学建立的老年人流行病学研究人群，这是一个北卡罗来纳州社区居民的概率样本，年龄在60到64岁之间。采访者对参与者进行了一项全面的健康调查，其中包括有关带状疱疹终生发生率的问题。在3206名受试者中，316名（9.9%）患有带状疱疹：1754名黑人中有81名（4.5%）患有带状疱疹，1452名白人中有235名（16.1%）患有带状疱疹（P< 0.0001）。在控制了年龄、癌症和人口统计因素后，黑人患带状疱疹的可能性仍然是白人的四分之一（调整优势比为0.25,95%可信区间为0.18-0.35;P = 0.0001）。总之，黑人患带状疱疹的风险明显低于白人，这是带状疱疹流行病学的一项新发现。
The purpose of this study was to determine if there are racial differences in the occurrence of herpes zoster (shingles). The study population was the Duke Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly, a probability sample of community-dwelling persons > 64 years old in North Carolina. Interviewers administered a comprehensive health survey to the participants that included questions about lifetime occurrence of shingles. Of the 3206 subjects, 316 (9.9%) had had zoster: 81 (4.5%) of 1754 blacks and 235 (16.1 %) of 1452 whites had had shingles(P< .0001). After controlling for age, cancer, and demographic factors, blacks remained onefourth as likely as whites (adjusted odds ratio 0.25, 95% confidence interval 0.18–0.35;P =.0001) to have experienced zoster. In summary, blacks had a significantly lower risk of developing herpes zoster than whites, a new finding in herpes zoster epidemiology.