Fleming D M, Cross K W, Cobb W A, Chapman R S
Birmingham Research Unit of the Royal College of General Practitioners, 54 Lordswood Road, Harborne, Birmingham B17 9DB, UK.
Epidemiol Infect. 2004 Jan;132(1):1-5. doi: 10.1017/s0950268803001523.
We investigated age- and gender-specific incidence of shingles reported in a large sentinel practice network monitoring a defined population over the years 1994-2001. In total, 5915 male and 8617 female incident cases were studied. For each age group, we calculated the relative risk of females to males presenting with shingles. Incidence rates of chickenpox and herpes simplex were examined similarly. Shingles incidence was greater in females in each age group (except for 15-24 years). Relative risks (female to male) were greatest in age groups 45-64 years (1.48) and 0-14 years (1.43). There were no gender differences in the incidence of chickenpox except in the 15-24 years age group (female excess): for herpes simplex there were female excesses in all age groups. Gender-specific age-standardized incidence rates of shingles were calculated for each year and showed a consistent female excess in each of the 8 years (average annual excess 28%).
我们调查了1994年至2001年期间，在一个监测特定人群的大型哨点实践网络中报告的带状疱疹的年龄和性别特异性发病率。总共研究了5915例男性和8617例女性发病病例。对于每个年龄组，我们计算了女性患带状疱疹相对于男性的相对风险。水痘和单纯疱疹的发病率也进行了类似的检查。除15 - 24岁年龄组外，每个年龄组女性的带状疱疹发病率都更高。相对风险（女性相对于男性）在45 - 64岁年龄组（1.48）和0 - 14岁年龄组（1.43）中最高。除15 - 24岁年龄组（女性居多）外，水痘发病率无性别差异；对于单纯疱疹，所有年龄组均为女性居多。计算了每年带状疱疹的性别特异性年龄标准化发病率，结果显示在这8年中的每一年女性发病率均持续偏高（平均年偏高28%）。
