| Autor: |
Anna-Marie Celine Garfin, Julius Patrick Ferrer, Mary Christine Castro, Juan A Solon, Benjamin Faguer, Sharon E. Cox, Mitsuki Koh, Shuichi Suzuki, Naomi R. Saludar, Tansy Edwards, Farzana Ferdous |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
SSRN Electronic Journal. |
| ISSN: |
1556-5068 |
| Popis: |
Background: Diabetes and undernutrition are common risk factors for tuberculosis (TB), associated with poor treatment outcomes and exacerbated by TB. Here we describe the characteristics and non-communicable multimorbidity (co-occurrence of 2 or more medical conditions) in Filipino adults at the time of initiating a new TB treatment regimen enrolled into the Starting Anti-TB Treatment (St-ATT) Cohort. Methods and Findings: Nine-hundred participants (69.6% male) were enrolled from 13 public health facilities in Metro Manila (N=184), Negros Occidental (N=372) and Cebu (N=344) within 5 days of starting treatment including 133 (14.8%) initiating the 9 month WHO shorter treatment regimen for multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB). Diabetes was defined as HbA1c ≥6.5% and/or current diabetes medication; hypertension as systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg and/or current anti-hypertensive medication, anaemia as haemoglobin |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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