Tuberculin status, socioeconomic differences and differences in all-cause mortality: experience from Norwegian cohorts born 1910-49.

ABSTRACT:

Background

From 1948 to 1975, Norway had a mandatory tuberculosis (TB) screening programme with Pirquet testing, X-ray examinations and BCG vaccination. Electronic data registration in 1963-75 enabled the current study aimed at revealing (i) the relations between socioeconomic factors and tuberculosis infection and (ii) differences in later all-cause mortality according to TB infection status.

Methods

TB screening data were linked to information from the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry (1975-98) and the National Population and Housing Censuses (1960, 1970 and 1980). Analyses were done for 10 years cohorts born 1910-49, separately for men (approximately 534,000 individuals) and women (608,000), using logistic and Cox regressions.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Liestol K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2663719 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature