Population aging and trends of pulmonary tuberculosis incidence in the elderly

To explore population aging and the epidemic trend of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in the elderly, and provide a basis for the prevention and control of pulmonary tuberculosis among the elderly. We collected clinical information of 239,707 newly active PTB patients in Shandong Province from 2005 to...

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Published in:BMC infectious diseases 2021-03, Vol.21 (1), p.302-302, Article 302
Main Authors: Li, Shi-Jin, Li, Yi-Fan, Song, Wan-Mei, Zhang, Qian-Yun, Liu, Si-Qi, Xu, Ting-Ting, An, Qi-Qi, Liu, Jin-Yue, Li, Huai-Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age groups
Aged
Aged patients
Aging
Care and treatment
China - epidemiology
Diagnosis
Epidemics
Female
Geriatrics
HIV
Hospitals
Human immunodeficiency virus
Humans
Incidence
Infectious diseases
Join-point regression model
Male
Medical laboratories
Medicine, Preventive
Middle Aged
Model testing
Older people
Patients
Planning
Population
Prevention
Preventive health services
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Quality control
Regression models
Rural Population
Rural populations
Trends
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - diagnosis
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - epidemiology
Urban Population
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Summary:To explore population aging and the epidemic trend of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in the elderly, and provide a basis for the prevention and control of pulmonary tuberculosis among the elderly. We collected clinical information of 239,707 newly active PTB patients in Shandong Province from 2005 to 2017. We analyzed and compared the clinical characteristics, reported incidence and temporal trend of PTB among the elderly group (≥60 years) and the non-elderly group (
ISSN:1471-2334
1471-2334
DOI:10.1186/s12879-021-05994-z