Table 1.

Reported Incidence and Prevalence of Zoster in Adult SLE Patients

Author	Years of Study	Country	Sample Size	Prevalence	Incidence*	Average Age at HZ Diagnosis
Retrospective Studies
Wang [7]	1975–1981	Malaysia	184	13%	NR	34.6 (14–35)¥
Manzi [8]	1979–1989	United States	321	15%	NR	NR
Nagasawa [9]	1979–1989	Japan	92	43%	91.4	36.8 (19–68)¥
Sayeeda [10]	1982–2006	Saudi Arabia	624	5.1%	NR	31.4 (11–60)¥
Kang [11]	1990–2000	Korea	303	13.9%	32.5	34.1 (11.6)§
Chen [12]	1996–2006	Taiwan	10,337	N/A	37.7	34.8 (14.3)§
Borba [13]	1999–2006	Brazil	1,145	4.45%	6.4	39 (13.7)§
Hata [14]	2001–2007	Japan	1,077	NR	53.7	51.2 (20.9)§
Chakravarty [15]	2001–2009	United States	1,485	NR	12	NR
Case Control Studies
Moutsopoulos [16]	1978	Greece	83	21%	NR	NR
Strom [17]	1985–1987	United States	195	9.2%	NR	NR
Khal [18]	1994	United States	348	13.5%	16	NR
Ishikawa [19]	1999	Japan	58	46.6%	NR	40.2 (13.4)§
Pope [20]	2004	United Kingdom	61	19%	NR	49 (2)§

^*Incidence given in cases/1000 person-years

NR = Not reported

^¥Mean (Range)

^§Range (Standard Deviation)