Risk Factors for Herpes Zoster Infection in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: A Case-control Study

Abstract Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) increases the susceptibility to the infection of herpes zoster (HZ). Less is known about the risk factors of HZ in CKD patients.Methods and Participants: This is a case-control study. CKD patients diagnosed with HZ infection between January 2015 and October 2020 in a tertiary hospital were identified. One age- and gender- matched control was paired for each case, matched to the date of initial HZ diagnose. The uni- and multivariate analysis were used to evaluate the risk factors for development of HZ in CKD patients.Results: Forty-six HZ patients and controls were identified. In general, about 80% (72 out of 92) patients were classified at end-stage renal disease (ESRD, CKD Ⅳ to Ⅴ). Multivariate analyses revealed that immunosuppressive agents (odds ratio: 12.50, 95% CI: 1.53-102.26, P=0.021) and dialysis (odds ratio: 3.33, 95% CI: 1.13-9.78, P=0.029) were independent risk factors of HZ in patient with CKD. Conclusion: Immunosuppressive medication and dialysis were associated with HZ infection in CKD. Further guideline may highlight the necessity of zoster vaccine for patients with CKD, who undertake immunosuppressive or dialysis treatment.

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Risk Factors for Herpes Zoster in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Case-Control Study

Vaccines ◽

10.3390/vaccines9090963 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (9) ◽

pp. 963

Author(s):

Zhenxing Li ◽

Qiao Wang ◽

Jiahui Ma ◽

Zhi Li ◽

Dong Huang ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Chronic Kidney Disease ◽

Herpes Zoster ◽

Kidney Disease ◽

Odds Ratio ◽

Case Control Study ◽

Case Control ◽

Control Group ◽

Dialysis Therapy ◽

Control Study

(1) Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) increases the susceptibility to the presence of herpes zoster (HZ). Little is known about the risk factors of HZ in CKD patients; (2) Methods: This is a case-control study. CKD patients diagnosed with HZ between January 2015 and June 2021 in a tertiary hospital were identified. One age- and gender- matched control was paired for each case, matched to the date of initial HZ diagnosis. Conditional multiple logistic regression was used to evaluate the risk factors associated with the presence of HZ; (3) Results: Forty-seven HZ patients and controls were identified. In general, about 73.40% (69 out of 94) patients were classified at IV to V stages of CKD. Immunosuppressive agents (p = 0.0012) and dialysis therapy (p = 0.021) were reported more frequently in the HZ cohort. Compared with the control group, the total white cell count and lymphocyte count were significantly lower in the HZ group (p value of 0.032 and 0.003, respectively). The conditional logistics regression model revealed that previous immunosuppressants administration (odds ratio: 10.861, 95% CI: 2.092~56.392, p = 0.005) and dialysis therapy (odds ratio: 3.293, 95% CI: 1.047~10.355, p = 0.041) were independent risk factors of HZ in the CKD population; (4) Conclusions: Dialysis and immunosuppressants therapy were associated with greater risk of HZ disease in CKD patients. Further guideline may highlight the necessity of zoster vaccine for patients with CKD, who undertake associated treatment.

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Baked Food Consumption Is A Risk Factor for Chronic Kidney Disease: A 1:1 Paired Case-control Study

10.21203/rs.3.rs-30191/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Xiaoying Lai ◽

Shiyu Zhou ◽

Zewei Lin ◽

Chuanjie Yan ◽

Hong Zhu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Chronic Kidney Disease ◽

Kidney Disease ◽

Case Control Study ◽

Case Control ◽

Sleep Efficiency ◽

Lifestyle Behaviors ◽

Aquatic Product ◽

Confounding Variables ◽

Control Study

Abstract Background Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) has become a global public health problem. Identifying the risk factors of CKD can provide strategies for the prevention of CKD. Studies showed that lifestyles play an important role in CKD, but the relationship between them remained unclear. Thus we aimed to explore the association of lifestyle behaviors (the dietary habits especially) with CKD. Methods A 1:1 matched case-control study including 1414 participates from the HUIQIAO health database system from Jan. 2015 to Dec. 2018 was conducted. Our main outcome measure was the diagnose of CKD, and exposures were lifestyle behaviors measured by a questionnaire. The anthropometric characteristics were included as confounding variables. Results We used conditional logistics regression to assess the odds ratios (ORs) and adjusted ORs for the risk factors. With the assumption of missing at random (MAR) pattern, the missing values of confounding variables and exposures were handled by multiple imputation. We found that lifestyle behaviors regarding skipping breakfast ≥ 3 times per week (1.672, 95% CI, 1.086–2.574), sleep efficiency ≤ 75% (1.633, 95% CI, 1.195–2.232), consuming baked food frequently (1.683, 95% CI, 1.163–2.434), proper intake of oil (0.789, 95% CI, 0.624–0.996), proper intake of aquatic product (0.732, 95% CI, 0.567–0.944), proper intake of soybean and nuts (0.625, 95% CI, 0.447–0.873) were associated with CKD. Conclusion These results suggest that moderate intake of soybean, nuts, and aquatic product, control oil intake, having breakfast at least 4 times per week, maintaining good sleep efficiency, and consuming less baked foods may contribute to prevent the development of CKD. Trial registration: This study is registered at http://www.chictr.org.cn (ChiCTR2000031864).

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