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Table 2 Results of the logistic regression model predicting intense/very intense pain at presentation.

From: Predictors of pain intensity and persistence in a prospective Italian cohort of patients with herpes zoster: relevance of smoking, trauma and antiviral therapy

 

Intense/Very intense pain

(n = 111)

Mild/Moderate pain

(n = 330)

OR (95% CI)

P

Mean age in years (SD)

65.4 (14.0)

55.6 (21.7)

1.02 (1.01 to 1.04)*

< 0.001

 

%

%

  

Female gender

69.4

52.1

2.50 (1.41 to 4.35)

0.002

Current/former smoking

33.3

23.5

2.00 (1.11 to 3.61)

0.021

Trauma

30.6

11.0

2.51 (1.30 to 4.84)

0.006

Surgical intervention

50.0

24.7

2.09 (1.21 to 3.62)

0.008

Use of analgesics in the acute phase

65.4

35.6

3.60 (2.17 to 5.98)

< 0.001

  1. * One-year increase.