Volume 15, Number 6—June 2009
Research
Tuberculosis Disparity between US-born Blacks and Whites, Houston, Texas, USA1
Jose A. Serpa, Larry D. Teeter, James M. Musser, and Edward A. Graviss
Table 2
Characteristics of the 9 largest Mycobacterium tuberculosis clusters, Houston Tuberculosis Initiative, Texas, 1995–2004*
| Cluster | IS6110 copy no. | CDC spoligotype designation | Genetic group | Participant data |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US-born black, no. (%) | US-born white, no. (%) | Hispanic, no. (%) | Asian, no. (%) | US-born black vs. white, OR (p value) | ||||
| H01 | 12 | 7760 3777 7760 771 | 3 | 96 (9.5) | 29 (6.4) | 22 (2.44) | 4 (1.11) | 1.54 (0.051) |
| H03/H33 | 20/21 | 0000 0000 0003 771 | 1 | 109 (10.8) | 31 (6.9) | 8 (0.89) | 2 (0.56) | 1.65 (0.018) |
| H02 | 13 | 0000 0000 0003 771 | 1 | 77 (7.75) | 28 (6.2) | 20 (2.22) | 1 (0.28) | 1.25 (0.322) |
| H15 | 9 | 0000 0000 0003 771 | 1 | 25 (2.48) | 7 (1.5) | 6 (0.67) | 0 | 1.62 (0.264) |
| H07 | 10 | 0000 0000 0003 771 | 1 | 46 (4.6) | 22 (4.9) | 11 (1.22) | 0 | 0.94 (0.802) |
| H16 | 9 | 7777 0375 7760 771 | 2 | 28 (2.8) | 8 (1.8) | 5 (0.56) | 0 | 1.59 (0.254) |
| H04 | 6 | 7777 7677 7760 771 | 2 | 12,(1.2) | 50 (11.1) | 10 (1.11) | 1 (0.28) | 0.10 (<0.001) |
| L08 | 2 | 7777 7677 7760 601 | 2 | 55 (5.5) | 23 (5.1) | 28 (3.11) | 2 (0.56) | 1.08 (0.770) |
| L16 | 3 | 7777 7677 7760 601 | 2 | 26 (2.6) | 2 (0.4) | 4 (0.44) | 0 (0.00) | 5.96 (0.015) |
*IS, insertion sequence; OR, odds ratio.
