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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Risk factors for trichiasis in women in kongwa, tanzania: A case- control study
International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 22, No. 2, Year 1993
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Description
Women are at a greater risk compared to men for blinding complications from trachoma. In order to evaluate risk factors in women, 205 cases of trichiasis (TT) were selected from 11 villages in rural Tanzania. Each case of trichiasis was matched to two women of the same age and from the same village, who had no clinical signs of trachoma. Factors associated with trichiasis in a conditional logistic regression included history of trichiasis in the woman's mother (odds ratio [OR] = 3.6; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.0-6.5); sleeping in a room with a cooking fire during childbearing years (OR = 1.8; 95% CI: 1.2-2.8); a home of wood and earth during childbearing years (OR = 2.1; 95% CI: 1.33.3); no adult education classes (OR = 2.2; 95% CI: 1.4-3.4); and five or more deaths among her children (OR = 2.6; 95% CI: 1.3-5.1). Detailed measures of prolonged exposure to child care as a young girl and as a mother showed no significant difference between cases and controls. Results from this study characterize women at high risk for severe disease and eventual blindness in a trachoma endemic area. © 1993 International Epidemiological Association.
Authors & Co-Authors
Turner, Virginia M.
United States, New York
Helen Keller International
Vos, Theo K.
United States, Baltimore
Wilmer Eye Institute
Mufloz, Beatriz
United States, Baltimore
Wilmer Eye Institute
Katala, Sidney Jones
United States, Baltimore
Wilmer Eye Institute
Taylor, Hugh R.
South Africa
Kongwa Primary Eye Care Project
Halsey, Neal A.
Australia, Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Mmbaga, Boliface B.O.
United States, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Statistics
Citations: 60
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1093/ije/22.2.341
ISSN:
03005771
e-ISSN:
14643685
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Case-Control Study
Study Locations
Tanzania
Participants Gender
Male
Female