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 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.
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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