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    Does smoking explain sex differences in the global tuberculosis epidemic?

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    Watkins, Rochelle
    Plant, Aileen
    Date
    2006
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Watkins, Rochelle and Plant, Aileen. 2006. Does smoking explain sex differences in the global tuberculosis epidemic?. Epidemiology and Infection 134 (2): pp. 333-339.
    Source Title
    Epidemiology and Infection
    DOI
    10.1017/S0950268805005042
    ISSN
    09502688
    Faculty
    Faculty of Health Sciences
    Australian Biosecurity Co
    operative Research Centre for Emerging Infectious Disease
    School
    Australian Biosecurity CRC- Emerging Infectious Diseases (CRC-Core)
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46383
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    To date there has been no satisfactory explanation of the worldwide excess of tuberculosis (TB) notifications among adult males. We investigated the epidemiological basis for sex differences in TB notifications in high-burden countries using available group-level data. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to explore the ecological relationship between smoking and sex differences in TB notifications among high-burden countries. Cigarette consumption was a significant predictor of the sex ratio of TB notifications, and explained 33% of the variance in the sex ratio of TB notifications. Our findings suggest that smoking is an important modifiable factor which has a significant impact on the global epidemiology of TB, and emphasize the importance of tobacco control in countries with a high incidence of TB. This analysis provides support for the interpretation of sex differences in worldwide TB notification rates as indicative of true differences in the epidemiology of TB between males and females.

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