Effect of birth season on case fatality rate of pulmonary tuberculosis: coincidence or causality?
Tuber Lung Dis
; 73(5): 291-4, 1992 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-1493237
The effects of birth season on the case fatality rate (CFR) of pulmonary tuberculosis were examined in case records of 9206 patients discharged during 1937-1965 from a national hospital for tuberculosis in Tokyo. The CFR was over 60% until 1945, then it decreased down to less than 9% after 1950. Male cases had little variation in their CFR by their birth season, while female cases had a significant variation and showed a significantly higher CFR than the male cases when they were born in January-June. The results suggest that the birth season had a significant influence on the prognosis of pulmonary tuberculosis.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Estaciones del Año
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Tuberculosis Pulmonar
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Tuber Lung Dis
Año:
1992
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Japón
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido