Volume 25, Number 10—October 2019
Research
Prevalence of Tuberculosis in Children After Natural Disasters, Bohol, Philippines
Kristy O. Murray, Nina T. Castillo-Carandang, Anna M. Mandalakas, Andrea T. Cruz, Lauren M. Leining, Salvacion R. Gatchalian
, on behalf of the PEER Health Bohol Pediatric Study Team
, on behalf of the PEER Health Bohol Pediatric Study Team
Table 2
Demographic, social, and clinical histories of enrolled children in cluster survey of TB in children in areas affected by 2013 natural disasters, Bohol, Philippines*
| Characteristic | Total, n = 5,476 (%) | TST |
OR (95% CI) | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive† n = 355 | Negative, n = 5,121 | ||||
| Male sex |
2,862 (52.3) |
179 (50.4) |
2,684 (52.4) |
1.1 (0.9–1.4) |
0.44 |
| Median age, y (IQR) | 5.8 (5.3) | 7.8 (6.3) | 5.8 (5.2) | ||
| 0–5 | 2,811 (51.3) | 133 (37.5) | 2,678 (52.3) | Reference | |
| 6–14 |
2,665 (48.7) |
222 (62.5) |
2,443 (47.7) |
1.8 (1.5–2.3) |
<0.001 |
| Island village | 375 (6.8) | 48 (13.5) | 327 (6.4) | 2.3 (1.7–3.2) | <0.001 |
| Prior treatment for TB |
57 (1.0) |
12 (3.4) |
45 (0.9) |
4.0 (2.1–7.6) |
<0.001 |
| Median no. persons living in household before earthquake (range) | 5 (1–21) | 6 (1–15) | 5 (1–21) | 1.1 (1.0–1.1) | 0.009 |
| >6 Persons living in home | 2,586 (47.2) | 193 (54.4) | 2,393 (46.7) | 1.4 (1.1–1.7) | 0.005 |
| Smokers in the home |
3,049 (55.7) |
208 (58.6) |
2,841 (55.5) |
1.1 (0.9–1.4) |
0.23 |
| Child had contact with person with TB | 658 (12.0) | 136 (38.3) | 522 (10.2) | 5.4 (4.3–6.8) | <0.001 |
| Recent history of cough for >2 wk‡ | 104 (1.9) | 26 (7.3) | 78 (1.5) | 4.9 (3.1–7.7) | <0.001 |
*All values are no. (%) unless indicated otherwise. IQR, interquartile range; OR, odds ratio; TB, tuberculosis; TST, tuberculin skin test.
†TST-positive includes persons with TB.
‡Within 4 wk. Active represented 9 (35%) of the 26 TST-positive persons with a recent history of a cough for >2 wk.
1Additional members of the PEER Health Bohol Pediatric Study Team who contributed data are listed at the end of this article.
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