Herpes zoster correlates with increased risk of Parkinson's disease in older people

Lai, Shih Wei; Lin, Chi-Yi; Lin, Hung-Chih; Lin, Cheng Li; Lin, Cheng Chieh; Liao, Kuan Fu

doi:10.1097/md.0000000000006075

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“…Therefore, pulmonary tuberculosis and other comorbidities were documented for three or more records in the ambulatory care and/or one record during hospitalization. These strict inclusion criteria were applied in previous studies (Lai et al, 2017a , b , c ).…”

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Population-Based Case-Control Study Assessing the Association between Statins Use and Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Taiwan

2017

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Background and Objectives: Little evidence is available about the relationship between statins use and pulmonary tuberculosis in Taiwan. The aim of the study was to explore this issue.Methods: Using the database of the Taiwan National Health Insurance Program, we conducted a population-based case-control study to identify 8,236 subjects aged 20 years and older with newly diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis from 2000 to 2013 as the cases. We randomly selected 8,236 sex-matched and age-matched subjects without pulmonary tuberculosis as the controls. Subjects who had at least one prescription of statins before the index date were defined as “ever use.” Subjects who never had one prescription of statins before the index date were defined as “never use.” The odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) for pulmonary tuberculosis associated with statins use was estimated by a multivariable logistic regression model.Results: After adjustment for co-variables, the adjusted OR of pulmonary tuberculosis was 0.67 for subjects with ever use of statins (95% CI 0.59, 0.75). In a sub-analysis, the adjusted ORs of pulmonary tuberculosis were 0.87 (95% CI 0.69, 1.10) for subjects with cumulative duration of statins use <3 months, 0.77 (95% CI 0.58, 1.03) for 3–6 months, and 0.59 (95% CI 0.51, 0.68) for ≥6 months, compared with subjects with never use of statins.Conclusions: Statins use correlates with a small but statistically significant risk reduction of pulmonary tuberculosis. The protective effect is stronger for longer duration of statins use. Due to a case-control design, a causal-relationship cannot be established in our study. A prospective cohort design is needed to confirm our findings.

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Population-Based Case-Control Study Assessing the Association between Statins Use and Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Taiwan

2017

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“…Comorbidities before the index date were included as follows: alcohol‐related disease, cancer, cardiovascular disease (including coronary artery disease, heart failure, cerebrovascular disease, and peripheral atherosclerosis), chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease (including cirrhosis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and other chronic hepatitis), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and diabetes mellitus. All comorbidities were accessed cases from the database of the Taiwan National Health Insurance Program based on ICD‐9 codes, which have been well evaluated in previous studies . To enhance the diagnosis accuracy, only those participants having at least two episodes of the same diagnosis for chronic pancreatitis and comorbidities during the ambulatory care setting and/or having at least one episode of hospitalization diagnosis could be included in the study.…”

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“…The most common complication of herpes zoster is post‐herpetic neuralgia . To date, herpes zoster is found to be associated with some comorbidities, including pyogenic liver abscess, Parkinson's disease, human immunodeficiency virus infection, arrhythmia, and cardiovascular diseases , but chronic pancreatitis has not yet been studied.…”

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Chronic pancreatitis correlates with increased risk of herpes zoster in a population‐based retrospective cohort study

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2018

J Hepato Biliary Pancreat

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“…Therefore, hip fracture and other comorbidities were addressed for three or more records in the ambulatory care and/or at least one record during hospitalization. Such strict criteria have been used in the previous study ( Lai et al, 2015d , 2017a , b , c ).…”

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Use of Oral Corticosteroids and Risk of Hip Fracture in the Elderly in a Case-Control Study

2017

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Aim: Little is known regarding the relationship between use of oral corticosteroids and hip fracture in the elderly in Taiwan. The aim of the study was to examine this issue.Methods: A retrospective population-based case-control study using the database of the Taiwan National Health Insurance Program (2000–2013) was conducted. We identified 4538 individuals aged ≥ 65 years with newly diagnosed hip fracture as the cases. We randomly selected 4538 individuals without hip fracture as the control subjects. The cases and the control subjects were matched with sex, age, comorbidities, and the year of index date. Individuals who never had a prescription for oral corticosteroids were defined as never use. Individuals who ever had at least one prescription for oral corticosteroids were defined as ever use. The odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of hip fracture associated with oral corticosteroids use was estimated by a multivariable unconditional logistic regression analysis.Results: After adjustments for potential confounding factors, the multivariable logistic regression model showed that the adjusted OR of hip fracture was 1.17 for individuals with ever use of oral corticosteroids (95%CI 1.08, 1.28), compared to those with never use of oral corticosteroids. An sub-analysis showed that for every 1-mg increase in cumulative dose of oral corticosteroids, the adjusted OR of hip fracture was 1.01 (95% CI 1.01, 1.02). The adjusted ORs were 1.31 (95% CI 1.17, 1.47) for cumulative exposure to oral corticosteroids ≥ 3 months and 1.09 (95% CI 0.98, 1.20) for cumulative exposure < 3 months.Conclusion: We conclude that oral corticosteroids use is associated with a trivial but statistically significant increase in risk of hip fracture in Taiwan. Additionally, the results suggest that there are dose-response and duration-response effects of oral corticosteroids on the risk of hip fracture. The results confirm our understanding of oral corticosteroid-associated hip fracture in the elderly.

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Herpes zoster correlates with increased risk of Parkinson's disease in older people

Cited by 32 publications

References 35 publications

Population-Based Case-Control Study Assessing the Association between Statins Use and Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Taiwan

Population-Based Case-Control Study Assessing the Association between Statins Use and Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Taiwan

Chronic pancreatitis correlates with increased risk of herpes zoster in a population‐based retrospective cohort study

Use of Oral Corticosteroids and Risk of Hip Fracture in the Elderly in a Case-Control Study

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