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Table 4 Results of the logistic regression models predicting PHN at one and one to three months.

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

 

PHN at one month

PHN at one to three months

Variables

OR

(95% CI)

P

OR

(95% CI)

P

Age, ten-year increase

1.01

(1.00 to 1.02)

0.032

1.01

(0.99 to 1.02)

0.4

Female gender

1.05

(0.68 to 1.63)

0.8

1.39

(0.84 to 2.30)

0.2

Current/former smoking

1.62

(0.98 to 2.67)

0.061

2.08

(1.22 to 3.55)

0.007

Intense/very intense pain at presentation

2.41

(1.43 to 4.04)

0.001

2.19

(1.32 to 3.65)

0.003

Trauma

2.22

(1.12 to 4.39)

0.022

2.53

(1.37 to 4.65)

0.003

Surgical intervention

1.60

(0.98 to 2.63)

0.062

1.33

(0.79 to 2.25)

0.3

Missed antiviral prescription

2.01

(1.01 to 4.46)

0.047

2.28

(1.04 to 4.98)

0.038

  1. OR = odds ratio