Type 2 diabetes: an independent risk factor for tuberculosis: a nationwide population-based study

Tuberculosis continues to be a major global health problem. We wanted to investigate whether Type 2 diabetes was a risk factor for tuberculosis in an Asian population. From Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database, we collected data from 31,237 female patients with type 2 diabetes a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2013-11, Vol.8 (11), p.e78924-e78924
Hauptverfasser:	Kuo, Ming-Chun, Lin, Sheng-Hao, Lin, Ching-Hsiung, Mao, I-Chieh, Chang, Shun-Jen, Hsieh, Ming-Chia
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Ambulatory care Asthma Bronchiectasis Case-Control Studies Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Diabetes Diabetes mellitus Diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent) Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - complications Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 - epidemiology Disease control Endocrinology Epidemics Female Global health Health risks HIV Hospitals Human immunodeficiency virus Humans Incidence Internal medicine Lung diseases Male Medical diagnosis Medical research Medicine Metabolism Middle Aged Multidrug resistant organisms National health insurance Obstructive lung disease Online databases Patients Population Population studies Population-based studies Proportional Hazards Models Public health Respiratory tract diseases Risk analysis Risk Factors Studies Tuberculosis Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - epidemiology Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - etiology Type 2 diabetes
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