Volume 21, Number 3—March 2015
Dispatch
Prisons as Reservoir for Community Transmission of Tuberculosis, Brazil
Table
Risk factors for TB in community and prison populations, Dourados, Brazil, June 2009–August 2011*
Variable | Community, n = 183, no. asked/no.responded (%) |
Prison, n = 108, no. asked/no. responded (%) |
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TB cases, n = 61 | Controls, n = 122 | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) | TB cases, n = 36 | Controls, n = 72 | Crude OR (95% CI) | ||
Male sex | 41/61 (67) | 42/122 (34) | 3.9 (2.0–7.5) | 6.6 (2.4–18.1) | NA | NA | NA | |
Income ≤$100† | 19/61 (31) | 22/122 (18) | 2.1 (1.0–4.2) | 3.4 (1.1–10.6) | NA | NA | NA | |
No primary school | 15/61 (25) | 25/122 (21) | 1.3 (0.6–2.6) | NA | 11/36 (31) | 14/72 (19) | 1.82 (0.73–4.57) | |
Smoked | 20/61 (33) | 24/122 (20) | 2.0 (1.0–4.0) | NA | 17/36 (47) | 36/72 (50) | 0.89 (0.40–1.99) | |
Alcohol use | 14/61 (23) | 7/122 (6) | 4.9 (1.9–12.9) | 11.5 (2.0–67.0) | 6/36 (17) | 12/72 (17) | 1.00 (0.34–2.93) | |
Drug use | 15/61 (25) | 2/122 (2) | 19.6 (4.3–88.9) | NA | 26/36 (72) | 48/72 (67) | 1.30 (0.54–3.13) | |
Diabetes | 7/61 (12) | 13/122 (11) | 1.1 (0.4–2.9) | NA | 1/36 (3) | 1/72 (1) | 2.03 (0.12–33.40) | |
Contact with person with TB | 18/61 (30) | 15/122 (12) | 3.0 (1.4–6.5) | 5.6 (1.4–22.0) | 23/36 (64) | 54/72 (75) | 0.59 (0.25–1.40) | |
Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine scar | 41/61 (67) | 96/122 (79) | 0.6 (0.3–1.1) | NA | 28/36 (78) | 54/72 (75) | 1.17 (0.45–3.02) | |
Prior incarceration | 14/61 (23) | 1/122 (0.8) | 36.0 (4.6–281.8) | 24.5 (2.4–254.6) | NA | NA | NA |
*TB, tuberculosis; OR, odds ratio; NA, not applicable; BCG, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin.
†Monthly individual income in US dollars.