Alcohol consumption as a risk factor for tuberculosis: meta-analyses and burden of disease.

ABSTRACT: Meta-analyses of alcohol use, alcohol dosage and alcohol-related problems as risk factors for tuberculosis incidence were undertaken. The global alcohol-attributable tuberculosis burden of disease was also re-estimated.Systematic searches were conducted, reference lists were reviewed and expert consultations were held to identify studies. Cohort and case-control studies were included if there were no temporal violations of exposure and outcome. Risk relations (RRs) were pooled by using categorical and dose-response meta-analyses. The alcohol-attributable tuberculosis burden of disease was estimated by using alcohol-attributable fractions.36 of 1108 studies were included. RRs for alcohol use and alcohol-related problems were 1.35 (95% CI 1.09-1.68; I²: 83%) and 3.33 (95% CI 2.14-

SUBMITTER: Imtiaz S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5540679 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature