Risk of Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis among Patients with Coal Workers'Pneumoconiosis: A Case-control Study in China.

Yan Jin; Jing Guang Fan; Jing Pang; Ke Wen; Pei Ying Zhang; Huan Qiang Wang; Tao LI

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Risk of Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis among Patients with Coal Workers'Pneumoconiosis: A Case-control Study in China.

Author: Yan JIN ^{1
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2} ; Jing Guang FAN ³ ; Jing PANG ⁴ ; Ke WEN ⁵ ; Pei Ying ZHANG ⁴ ; Huan Qiang WANG ⁵ ; Tao LI ⁵
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1. National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China
2. Department of Infectious Disease, Taizhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Taizhou 318000, Zhejiang, China.
3. Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health, State Administration of Work Safety, Beijing 102308, China.
4. Department of Orthopedics and Chinese-Western Medicine, Hunan Institute for Tuberculosis Control, Changsha 410013, Hunan, China.
5. National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Case-control study; Coal workers’pneumoconiosis; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Risk
MeSH: Anthracosis; complications; diagnosis; epidemiology; Case-Control Studies; China; Coal Industry; standards; Dust; analysis; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Occupational Diseases; complications; diagnosis; epidemiology; Occupational Exposure; analysis; Risk Factors; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary; diagnosis; epidemiology; etiology; Workplace; standards
From: Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 2018;31(6):448-453
CountryChina
Language:English
Abstract: The aim of this study was to estimate the association between occupational, environmental, behavioral risk factors, and active pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) among coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) patients. A matched case-control study was conducted in 86 CWP patients with active PTB and 86 CWP controls without TB. A standardized questionnaire was used for risk factors assessment. Conditioned logistic regression analysis was used to identify associations between the risk factors and active PTB among CWP patients. The results showed that the stage of CWP, poor workplace ventilation, family history of TB, and exposure to TB were independent risk factors for active PTB in patients with CWP with which recommendations for improving work environments, and for case finding activities in patients with CWP could be made.