Incidence rates of tuberculosis in chronic hepatitis C infected patients with or without interferon based therapy: a population-based cohort study in Taiwan

Table 2 Results of hazard ratios in IBT-treated cohorts in 1-year and long-term follow-up

Cohort	TB case n. (%)	Crude HR (95% CI)	Adjusted HR (95% CI)
	1-year follow-up
Control (n = 621)	3 (0.5)	1	1
IBT-treated (n = 2640)	5 (0.2)	2.36(0.57-9.89)	2.81(0.61-12.98)
	Long-term follow-up
Control (n = 621)	3 (0.5)	1	1
IBT-treated (n = 2640)	12 (0.5)	0.99(0.28-3.50)	1.02(0.28-3.78)

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