Table 2.
MarketScan | Medicare | |||||
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Herpes zoster | GCA cases | Person-years | IR (/10,000 PY) | GCA cases | Person-years | IR (/10,000 PY) |
Complicated | 32 | 68,388 | 4.68 (3.31, 6.62) | 27 | 29,377 | 9.19 (6.30, 13.40) |
Uncomplicated | 97 | 382,734 | 2.53 (2.08, 3.09) | 80 | 138,622 | 5.77 (4.64, 7.18) |
None | 4,031 | 33,273,538 | 1.21 (1.17, 1.25) | 1,675 | 4,451,219 | 3.76 (3.59, 3.95) |
Abbreviations: GCA = giant cell arteritis, IR = incidence rate, PY = person-years