Study on the risk factors of tuberculosis in four cities and provinces in China / 中华流行病学杂志
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
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(12): 129-132, 2013.
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in Chinese
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| ID: wpr-327660
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the influencing factors on tuberculosis (TB) in four provinces in the eastern and central parts of China.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>From Nov. 2009 to Feb. 2011, three population-based field surveys were conducted among the resident population in several townships/streets in Guangdong, Hunan and Jiangsu provinces and Shanghai municipality to collect TB-related information. 474 sputum smear positive TB patients and 1896 controls were randomly selected from the population under study and each case was matched by province, age and sex using a frequency matching method. Single-variable and multiple non-conditional logistic regression modeling were applied for data analysis, and odds ratios (ORs) and their corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Data from Single-variable analysis showed that TB history, history of exposure to TB, DM history, immigrant population and per-capita living space were risk factors for TB, and high level of education was protective factors.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>from multiple logistic regression showed that the risk factors of TB would include the following items history of having had TB (OR = 52.356, 95%CI 18.956 - 144.607), living space over 50 m(2)per-capita (OR = 8.742, 95%CI 1.107 - 69.064), history of exposure to TB (OR = 6.083, 95%CI 2.336 - 15.839) and being immigrants (OR = 3.306, 95%CI 1.907 - 5.734), while having had high degree of education as the protective factor of TB (OR = 0.284, 95%CI 0.110 - 0.733).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Control programs targeting those ever having TB patients and contacts to TB patients as well as immigrants should be strengthened.</p>
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Tuberculosis
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Case-Control Studies
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Logistic Models
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China
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Epidemiology
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Multivariate Analysis
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Risk Factors
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Cities
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
Year:
2013
Type:
Article
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