Tobacco Smoking, Alcohol Drinking, Diabetes, Low Body Mass Index and the Risk of Self-Reported Symptoms of Active Tuberculosis: Individual Participant Data (IPD) Meta-Analyses of 72,684 Individuals in 14 High Tuberculosis Burden Countries

BACKGROUND: The effects of multiple exposures on active tuberculosis (TB) are largely undetermined. We sought to establish a dose-response relationship for smoking, drinking, and body mass index (BMI) and to investigate the independent and joint effects of these and diabetes on the risk of self-repo...

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Main Authors: Patra, Jayadeep, Jha, Prabhat, Rehm, Jürgen, Suraweera, Wilson
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4008623/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24789311
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0096433
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