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Nutritional Status and Tuberculosis Risk in Adult and Pediatric Household Contacts

Studies show obesity decreases risk of tuberculosis (TB) disease. There is limited evidence on whether high body mass index also protects against TB infection; how very high body mass indices influence TB risk; or whether nutritional status predicts this risk in children. We assessed the impact of b...

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Published in:PloS one 2016-11, Vol.11 (11), p.e0166333-e0166333
Main Authors: Aibana, Omowunmi, Acharya, Xeno, Huang, Chuan-Chin, Becerra, Mercedes C, Galea, Jerome T, Chiang, Silvia S, Contreras, Carmen, Calderon, Roger, Yataco, Rosa, Velásquez, Gustavo E, Tintaya, Karen, Jimenez, Judith, Lecca, Leonid, Murray, Megan B
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Summary:Studies show obesity decreases risk of tuberculosis (TB) disease. There is limited evidence on whether high body mass index also protects against TB infection; how very high body mass indices influence TB risk; or whether nutritional status predicts this risk in children. We assessed the impact of body mass index on incident TB infection and disease among adults and children. We conducted a prospective cohort study among household contacts of pulmonary TB cases in Lima, Peru. We determined body mass index at baseline and followed participants for one year for TB infection and disease. We used Cox proportional regression analyses to estimate hazard ratios for incident TB infection and disease. We enrolled 14,044 household contacts, and among 6853 negative for TB infection and disease at baseline, 1787 (26.1%) became infected. A total of 406 contacts developed secondary TB disease during follow-up. Body mass index did not predict risk of TB infection but overweight household contacts had significantly decreased risk of TB disease (HR 0.48; 95% CI 0.37-0.64; p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0166333