Association between a History of herpes zoster and the risk of Sjogren's syndrome: a nationwide, population-based, case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Viral infection is an exogenous factor for Sjögren's syndrome (SS). The relationship between herpes zoster infection and the ensuring risk of SS has remained unclear. This study investigated the association between a history of herpes zoster infection and the risk of SS through a nationwide population-based case-control study.

Design

Retrospective case-control study.

Setting

General population of Taiwan.

Data source

2003-2013 National Health Insurance Research Database of Taiwan.

Participants

We identified all patients with newly diagnosed SS between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2012 without a history of rheumatoid arthritis or systemic lupus erythematosus as the SS group.

Controls

We randomly selected patients without SS between 1 Jan

SUBMITTER: Huang PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9577888 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature