Multimorbidity prevalence and chronic disease patterns among tuberculosis survivors in a high-income setting.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Multimorbidity is the presence of two or more chronic health conditions. Tuberculosis (TB) survivors are known to have higher prevalence of multimorbidity, although prevalence estimates from high-income low-TB incidence jurisdictions are not available and potential differences in the patterns of chronic disease among TB survivors with multimorbidity are poorly understood. In this study, we aimed to (1) compare the prevalence of multimorbidity among TB survivors with matched non-TB controls in a high-income setting; (2) assess the robustness of aim 1 analyses to different modelling strategies, unmeasured confounding, and misclassification bias; and (3) among people with multimorbidity, elucidate chronic disease patterns specific to TB survivors.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Basham CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10036698 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature