Table 4 Tuberculosis incidence and relative risk among TBI patients with different Charlson’s Comorbidity Index groups.
From: The risk of pulmonary tuberculosis after traumatic brain injury
Mild-CCI | Moderate-CCI | Severe-CCI | Moderate versus mild | Severe versus mild | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. of TB | Incidence rate of TB per 10,000 | No. of TB | Incidence rate of TB per 10,000 | No. of TB | Incidence rate of TB per 10,000 | HR (95% CI)a | p value | HR (95% CI)a | p value | |
Overall | 551 | 73.62 | 121 | 169.42 | 30 | 147.64 | 1.52 (1.24–1.87) | < 0.0001 | 1.24 (0.85–1.80) | 0.2680 |
Age at entry | ||||||||||
< 20 | 25 | 18.73 | 3 | 66.82 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.92 (0.50–7.28) | 0.3396 | – | |
20–34 | 71 | 41.26 | 5 | 72.78 | 1 | 46.95 | 0.96 (0.37–2.49) | 0.9388 | 0.65 (0.09–4.72) | 0.6659 |
35–49 | 104 | 69.07 | 11 | 119.57 | 2 | 65.79 | 1.45 (0.76–2.78) | 0.2636 | 0.75 (0.18–3.09) | 0.6919 |
50–64 | 113 | 79.60 | 24 | 176.99 | 4 | 88.11 | 1.94 (1.23–3.05) | 0.0041 | 0.86 (0.32–2.36) | 0.7731 |
65–79 | 162 | 149.90 | 54 | 239.04 | 12 | 202.70 | 1.65 (1.20–2.26) | 0.0018 | 1.32 (0.73–2.39) | 0.3538 |
≥ 80 | 76 | 179.92 | 24 | 163.15 | 11 | 337.42 | 1.06 (0.67–1.69) | 0.7983 | 1.91 (1.01–3.64) | 0.0481 |
Sex | ||||||||||
Male | 462 | 91.83 | 95 | 200.30 | 23 | 168.50 | 1.45 (1.15–1.83) | 0.0015 | 1.16 (0.76–1.78) | 0.4829 |
Female | 89 | 36.28 | 26 | 108.38 | 7 | 104.95 | 1.83 (1.15–2.90) | 0.0102 | 1.53 (0.70–3.36) | 0.2873 |
