Table 3 Multivariate Poisson regression analysis of variables associated with TB diagnosis; Incidence Rate Ratio (IRR), 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) and p-value for age, sex, continent of origin and year of notification. Significant values are in italics.

From: Tuberculosis trend among native and foreign-born people over a 17 year period (2004–2020) in a large province in Northern Italy

Variable

IRR

95% CI

p-value

Age

1.02

1.019–1.024

 < 0.001

Sex (male to female)

1.22

1.12–1.34

 < 0.001

Year of notification

0.94

0.93–0.95

 < 0.001

Continent of origin

Italians (Ref)

1

  

Europe

6.7

5.6–7.9

 < 0.001

Asia

34.8

30.8–39.2

 < 0.001

Africa

20.6

18.1–23.4

 < 0.001

North-Central America

4.6

1.5–14.2

0.008

South America

12.9

8.4–20.0

 < 0.001

Unknown nationality

14.3

8.2–24.8

 < 0.001

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