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Volume 9, Number 10—October 2003
Dispatch

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Beijing Genotype, the Netherlands

Martien W. Borgdorff*†Comments to Author , Petra de Haas‡, Kristin Kremer‡, and Dick van Soolingen‡
Author affiliations: *Royal Netherlands Tuberculosis Association, the Hague, the Netherlands; †University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; ‡National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), the Hague, the Netherlands

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Table

Risk factors for the Beijing genotype of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the Netherlands, 1993–2000

Risk factor Beijing genotype Total (%) Odds ratio
Crude Adjustedb (95% confidence intervals)
Y of diagnosis
1993
23
669
3
1.09
1.08 (1.03 to 1.13)
1994
41
941
4
(per year)
1995
56
863
6


1996
50
946
5


1997
64
872
7


1998
58
804
7


1999
74
879
8


2000
49
855
6


Sex
Male
254
4,135
6
1

Female
161
2,694
6
0.97

Age group
<25
120
1,522
8
1
1
25–34
123
1,925
6
0.80
0.69 (0.53 to 0.91)
35–44
64
1,080
6
0.74
0.60 (0.43 to 0.83)
45–54
23
614
4
0.45
0.36 (0.23 to 0.57)
55–64
24
493
5
0.60
0.55 (0.35 to 0.88)
65–74
40
517
8
0.98
0.78 (0.52 to 1.15)
75+
21
678
3
0.37
0.30 (0.18 to 0.50)
Nationality
Netherlands
160
2,825
6
1
1
Europe (central and eastern)
20
231
9
1.58
1.27 (0.77 to 2.09)
Turkey
3
339
1
0.15
0.12 (0.04 to 0.38)
Morocco
19
650
3
0.50
0.41 (0.25 to 0.68)
Somalia
21
957
2
0.37
0.27 (0.17 to 0.44)
Africa (other)
28
594
5
0.82
0.63 (0.41 to 0.96)
Asia
140
786
18
3.61
3.01 (2.32 to 3.91)
Other
19
345
6
0.97
0.86 (0.53 to 1.42)
Unknown
5
102
5
0.86
0.73 (0.29 to 1.84)
RFLP clusteringa
No
212
3,227
7
1

Yes, first case
57
1,052
5
0.81

Yes, later case
146
2,550
6
0.86

Localization
Pulmonary
268
4,064
7
1

Extrapulmonary
113
2,122
5
0.80

Pulmonary and extrapulmonary
34
643
5
0.79

Residing in Netherlands
<6 months
46
641
7
1

6–11 mo
12
301
4
0.54

12–23 mo
28
358
8
1.10

2–4 y
53
767
7
0.96

>5 y
122
1,710
7
0.99

Born in Netherlands
117
2,437
5
0.65

No information
37
615
6
0.83

Drug resistance
Susceptible
332
5,910
6
1

H only
11
227
5
0.86

S only
34
358
9
1.76

Other patterns
26
221
12
2.24

Multidrug-resistant
9
53
17
3.44

Unknown
3
60
5
0.88

Multidrug resistance
Yes
9
53
17
3.21
2.64 (1.22 to 5.74)
No
406
6,776
6
1
1
HIV infection
Yes
14
294
5
0.76

No 401 6,535 6 1

aRFLP, restriction fragment length polymorphism.

bAdjusted for year of diagnosis, age, nationality, and multidrug resistance

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