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Diabetes and tuberculosis: the impact of the diabetes epidemic on tuberculosis incidence |
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| Authors: | Catherine R Stevenson Nita G Forouhi Gojka Roglic Brian G Williams Jeremy A Lauer Chirstopher Dye Nigel Unwin |
| Affiliation: | (1) Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge, UK;(2) Diabetes Group, Department of Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland;(3) Stop TB, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland;(4) Health Systems Financing, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland;(5) Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK |
| Abstract: | BackgroundTuberculosis (TB) remains a major cause of mortality in developing countries, and in these countries diabetes prevalence is increasing rapidly. Diabetes increases the risk of TB. Our aim was to assess the potential impact of diabetes as a risk factor for incident pulmonary tuberculosis, using India as an example. |
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