Comorbidities in pulmonary tuberculosis cases in Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, India: Opportunities for intervention

Natasha S Hochberg, Sonali Sarkar, C Robert Horsburgh, Selby Knudsen, Jane Pleskunas, Swaroop Sahu, Rachel W Kubiak, S Govindarajan, Padmini Salgame, Subitha Lakshminarayanan, Amsaveni Sivaprakasam, Laura F White, Noyal Maria Joseph, Jerrold J Ellner and Gautam Roy

PLOS ONE, 2017, vol. 12, issue 8, 1-11

Abstract: Background: We aimed to define characteristics of TB patients in Puducherry and two districts of Tamil Nadu, India and calculate the population attributable fractions (PAF) of TB from malnutrition and alcohol. Methods: New smear-positive TB cases were enrolled into the Regional Prospective Observational Research for Tuberculosis (RePORT India) cohort. Census and National Family Health Survey data were used for comparisons. Results: Data were analyzed for 409 participants enrolled between May 2014-June 2016; 307 (75.1%) were male, 60.2% were malnourished (body mass index [BMI]

Date: 2017
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