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Table 1 Tuberculosis incidence density and relative risk stratified by age

From: Tuberculosis incidence in a cohort of individuals infected with human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) in Salvador, Brazil

 

HTLV-1-infected group

HTLV-1 uninfected controls

  
 

TB cases

Person year

ID/1000

TB cases

Person year

ID/1000

RR

CI 95 %

0 to 30ys

4

2,254

1.8

19

19,845

1.1

1.9

0.6–5.5

31 to 50ys

15

4,477

3.4

12

12,058

1.0

3.4

1.6–7.2

>50ys

14

3,263

4.3

9

4,737

1.9

2.3

1.0–5.2

All

33

9,994

3.3

40

36,640

1.1

2.6

1.6–4.2

  1. Age at the TB diagnosis. HTLV-1 = Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1; TB = tuberculosis; ID = Incidence density RR- relative risk adjusted using Mantel-Hansel test CI: confidence interval
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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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