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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
Diabetes and tuberculosis: The impact of the diabetes epidemic on tuberculosis incidence
BMC Public Health, Volume 7, Article 234, Year 2007
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Background. Tuberculosis (TB) remains a major cause of mortality in developing countries, and in these countries diabetes prevalence is increasing rapidly. Diabetes increases the risk of TB. Our aim was to assess the potential impact of diabetes as a risk factor for incident pulmonary tuberculosis, using India as an example. Methods. We constructed an epidemiological model using data on tuberculosis incidence, diabetes prevalence, population structure, and relative risk of tuberculosis associated with diabetes. We evaluated the contribution made by diabetes to both tuberculosis incidence, and to the difference between tuberculosis incidence in urban and rural areas. Results. In India in 2000 there were an estimated 20.7 million adults with diabetes, and 900,000 incident adult cases of pulmonary tuberculosis. Our calculations suggest that diabetes accounts for 14.8% (uncertainty range 7.1% to 23.8%) of pulmonary tuberculosis and 20.2% (8.3% to 41.9%) of smear-positive (i.e. infectious) tuberculosis. We estimate that the increased diabetes prevalence in urban areas is associated with a 15.2% greater smear-positive tuberculosis incidence in urban than rural areas - over a fifth of the estimated total difference. Conclusion. Diabetes makes a substantial contribution to the burden of incident tuberculosis in India, and the association is particularly strong for the infectious form of tuberculosis. The current diabetes epidemic may lead to a resurgence of tuberculosis in endemic regions, especially in urban areas. This potentially carries a risk of global spread with serious implications for tuberculosis control and the achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. © 2007 Stevenson et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Forouhi, Nita G.
United Kingdom, London
Medical Research Council
Roglić, Gojka
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Williams, Brian Gerard
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Lauer, Jeremy Addison
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Dye, Christopher
Switzerland, Geneva
Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
Unwin, Nigel C.
United Kingdom, Newcastle
Newcastle University
Statistics
Citations: 270
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1186/1471-2458-7-234
ISSN:
14712458
Research Areas
Infectious Diseases
Noncommunicable Diseases
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study