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Volume 25, Number 3—March 2019
Synopsis

Epidemiology of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis among Inpatients, China, 2008–2017

Yu Pang1, Jun An1, Wei Shu1, Fengmin Huo, Naihui Chu, Mengqiu Gao, Shibing Qin, Hairong Huang, Xiaoyou Chen, and Shaofa XuComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Main Article

Table 1

General characteristics of pulmonary TB and extrapulmonary TB patients, China, 2008–2017*

Characteristic No. (%) patients
Crude OR (95% CI) p value Adjusted OR (95% CI) p value
Pulmonary TB Extrapulmonary TB Total
Sex
   M 8,757 (70.1) 3,736 (29.9) 12,493 Referent Referent
   F
4,089 (60.3)
2,697 (39.7)
6,786
1.55 (1.45–1.65)
<0.01
1.37 (1.27–1.47)
<0.001
Age group, y
   <25 2,024 (56.4) 1,563 (43.6) 3,587 2.51 (2.28–2.77) <0.01 1.72 (1.53–1.93) <0.001
   25–44 3,539 (62.7) 2,102 (37.3) 5,641 1.93 (1.77–2.11) <0.01 1.55 (1.40–1.73) <0.001
   45–64 4,078 (69.6) 1,782 (30.4) 5,860 1.42 (1.30–1.56) <0.01 1.30 (1.17–1.44) <0.001
   ≥65
3,205 (76.5)
9,86 (23.5)
4,191
Referent

Referent

Residence
   Urban 9,789 (68.3) 4,537 (31.7) 1,4326 Referent Referent
   Rural
3,057 (61.7)
1,896 (38.3)
4,953
1.34 (1.25–1.43)
<0.01
1.32 (1.22–1.43)
<0.001
Treatment history
   New case 10,967 (64.2) 6,118 (35.8) 17,085 Referent Referent
   Retreated case
1,879 (85.6)
315 (14.4)
2,194
0.30 (0.27–0.34)
<0.01
0.24 (0.20–0.27)
<0.001
Diabetes
   No 12,502 (66.3) 6,352 (33.7) 18,854 Referent Referent
   Yes
344 (80.9)
81 (19.1)
425
0.46 (0.36–0.59)
<0.01
0.54 (0.41–0.70)
<0.001
Culture determination
   Negative 6,256 (54.8) 5,152 (45.2) 11,408 Referent Referent
   Positive
6,080 (88.9)
758 (11.1)
6,838
0.15 (0.14–0.17)
<0.01
0.16 (0.15–0.18)
<0.001
Smear determination
   Negative 8,343 (60.0) 5,570 (40.0) 13,913 Referent
   Positive
4,000 (95.8)
174 (4.2)
4,174
0.07 (0.06–0.08)
<0.01


DST
   MDR 684 (89.2) 83 (10.8) 767 1.25 (0.97–1.61) 0.084
   XDR 322 (89.2) 39 (10.8) 361 1.25 (0.88–1.77) 0.216
   Other 3,716 (91.1) 361 (8.9) 4,077 Referent

*DST, drug susceptibility testing; MDR, multidrug-resistant; OR, odds ratio; TB, tuberculosis; XDR, extensively drug-resistant.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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