dc.contributor.author | Senkoro, Mbazingwa Fikeni | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-11-29T10:25:20Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-11-29T10:25:20Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-10 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1027-3719 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1956/13139 | |
dc.description.abstract | SETTING: Tanzania has an estimated tuberculosis (TB) prevalence of 295 per 100 000 adult population. There is currently no nationally representative information on factors associated with TB in Tanzania. OBJECTIVE: To determine the demographic and clinical factors associated with bacteriologically confirmed TB in the adult general population of Tanzania. DESIGN: A case-control study nested in a nationally representative TB prevalence survey. All patients with bacteriologically confirmed pulmonary TB (PTB) constituted cases and a representative sample of people without bacteriologically confirmed PTB constituted controls. We calculated adjusted odds ratios (aORs) to identify factors associated with TB. RESULTS: Age groups 25–34 years (aOR 3.7, 95%CI 1.5–8.8) and 55–64 years (aOR 2.5, 95%CI 1.1–5.5), male sex (aOR 1.6, 95%CI 1.1–2.3) and low body mass index (BMI) (aOR 1.7, 95%CI 1.1–2.8) were significantly associated with TB. Association with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and diabetes mellitus (DM) was not statistically significant. The population attributable fraction (PAF) was 2% (95%CI −2 to 5) for DM and 3% (95%CI −2 to 8) for HIV. CONCLUSION: Being in an older age group, being male and having a low BMI were associated with bacteriologically confirmed PTB. On the population level, classic risk factors for TB have no major effect on prevalent TB from which future transmission may occur. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | eng |
dc.publisher | International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease | eng |
dc.relation.ispartof | <a href="http://hdl.handle.net/1956/13140" target="_blank">Burden of pulmonary tuberculosis and its major determinants: A national prevalence survey in Tanzania</a> | |
dc.subject | population-based | eng |
dc.subject | bacteriologically confirmed TB | eng |
dc.subject | TB survey | eng |
dc.title | Population impact of factors associated with prevalent pulmonary tuberculosis in Tanzania | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.description.version | acceptedVersion | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | Copyright 2016 The Union | |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.15.0608 | |
dc.source.journal | International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease | |
dc.source.40 | 20 | |
dc.source.14 | 10 | |
dc.source.pagenumber | 1326-1333 | |