Overweight, Obesity, and Older Age Favor Latent Tuberculosis Infection among Household Contacts in Low Tuberculosis-Incidence Settings within Panama.
Am J Trop Med Hyg
; 100(5): 1141-1144, 2019 05.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-30915957
Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) remains the main source of new active tuberculosis (TB) cases worldwide. Household close contacts (HCCs) are at high risk of acquiring LTBI and subsequent development of TB. In this study, we aim to identify risk factors associated with LTBI in HCCs of TB patients living in a low TB-incidence setting. Our results revealed that HCCs who are aged more than 50 years (OR = 4.05) and overweight (OR = 15.3) are at higher risk of acquiring LTBI. None of these LTBI household contacts progressed to active TB. These findings suggest that HCCs who are young adults and children with normal and low body mass index are less likely to acquire LTBI after exposure to TB patients, even in low TB-incidence settings.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Fatores Etários
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Sobrepeso
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Tuberculose Latente
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Obesidade
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America central
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Panama
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Trop Med Hyg
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Panamá
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos