Figure 1.
Flow chart of the selection of study subjects and control subjects from the National Health Insurance Research Database in Taiwan.
Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of selected patients, stratified by the presence/absence of liver cirrhosis in 1998–2005 (n = 28,002).
Figure 2.
Herpes zoster-free survival rates for patient with liver cirrhosis and comparison groups in 1998
–2005.
Table 2.
Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of herpes zoster among liver cirrhosis patients during the 5-year follow-up period from the index ambulatory visit or inpatient care in 1998–2005.
Figure 3.
Multivariate stratified analyses of the association of liver cirrhosis with herpes zoster. In each stratum, liver cirrhosis was not statistically associated with herpes zoster.
Table 3.
Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of herpes zoster among liver cirrhosis patients during the 1-, 3-, and 5-year follow-up periods from the index ambulatory visit or inpatient care in 1998–2005.