Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

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Tuberculosis Disparity between US-born Blacks and Whites, Houston, Texas, USA¹

Jose A. Serpa, Larry D. Teeter, James M. Musser, and Edward A. Graviss

Author affiliations: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA (J.A. Serpa, E.A. Graviss); The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, Houston (L.D. Teeter, J.M. Musser, E.A. Graviss)

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Table 3

Factors associated with black race in multivariate analysis in US-born TB patients, Houston Tuberculosis Initiative, Texas, 1995–2004*

Risk factor	OR	95% CI	p value
Age	0.98†	0.97–0.99	<0.001
Years of education	0.93†	0.89–0.96	<0.001
Inner city residence‡	1.44	1.13–1.85	0.003
Use of public transportation	2.44	1.91–3.11	<0.001
Current homelessness	0.48	0.33–0.68	<0.001
Current smoking	0.54	0.42–0.70	<0.001
Alcohol abuse§	0.63	0.50–0.80	0.001
Injection drug use¶	0.30	0.16–0.57	<0.001
Same-sex sexual behavior	0.28	0.19–0.41	<0.001
Prison history	1.42	1.06–1.91	0.020
Renal disease	2.61	1.38–4.92	0.003
HIV seropositivity	1.89	1.37–2.61	<0.001

*TB, tuberculosis; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.
†ORs per additional year at risk.
‡Defined according to specific zip codes.
§Drinks alcohol daily or nearly daily.
¶Within 6 months before TB diagnosis.

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¹Preliminary analysis of data contained in this paper was presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, October 4–7, 2007, San Diego, California, USA (abstract no. 346).

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