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Male Gender is independently associated with pulmonary tuberculosis among sputum and non-sputum producers people with presumptive tuberculosis in Southwestern Uganda

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Infectious Diseases, December 2014
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Title
Male Gender is independently associated with pulmonary tuberculosis among sputum and non-sputum producers people with presumptive tuberculosis in Southwestern Uganda
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BMC Infectious Diseases, December 2014
DOI 10.1186/s12879-014-0638-5
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Yap Boum, Daniel Atwine, Patrick Orikiriza, Justus Assimwe, Anne-Laure Page, Juliet Mwanga-Amumpaire, Maryline Bonnet

Abstract

BackgroundLittle is known about the association between gender and risk of TB infection. We sought to assess the impact of gender on TB prevalence among people with presumptive tuberculosis at a regional referral hospital in a high TB and HIV prevalence setting.MethodsWe analyzed data from two diagnostic TB studies conducted in rural, southwestern Uganda. People with presumptive tuberculosis were evaluated by chest X-ray, fluorescence microscopy, TB culture, and HIV testing. Our primary outcome of interest was TB infection, as defined by a positive TB culture. Our primary explanatory variable of interest was gender. We fit univariable and multivariable logistic regression models to investigate associations between TB infection and gender, before and after adjusting or possible confounding factors, including ability to produce sputum, age and residence.ResultsBetween April 2010 and September 2012, 863 people with presumptive tuberculosis (PWPTB) were enrolled in the two studies at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH) in Uganda. Among them 664 (76.9%) were able to produce sputum. X-ray was suggestive of TB for 258 (66.5%) of males and 175 (44.8%) of female (p¿<¿0.001). using microscopy 84 (20%) of males and 48 (10.9%) of females were diagnosed with TB (p¿<¿0.001) while 122 (30.3%) of males and 76 (18.4%) of females were diagnosed with TB (p¿<¿0.001) using TB culture.In multivariable logistic regression models, the odds of having TB was higher in males than females (AOR 2.2 (1.56-3.18 95%CI°, P¿<¿0.001), after adjustment for age, HIV status, ability to produce sputum, and residence.ConclusionIn Southwestern Uganda, TB prevalence is higher among male than female people with presumptive TB. The increased risk of TB among males is independent of other TB risk factors. These findings emphasize the need for gender-focused interventions aimed at reducing TB transmission.

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Unknown 133 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 28 21%
Researcher 21 16%
Student > Bachelor 17 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 8%
Student > Postgraduate 8 6%
Other 21 16%
Unknown 28 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 50 38%
Nursing and Health Professions 15 11%
Social Sciences 6 5%
Immunology and Microbiology 6 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 5%
Other 17 13%
Unknown 33 25%
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