Association of body mass index with incident tuberculosis in Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Overweight or obesity might be protective factors of tuberculosis (TB), but the evidence is inconclusive. The objective of study was to evaluate association between BMI and incident TB.

Methods

The National Health Insurance database was used. Eligible participants were individuals aged 20-89 years without history of TB before 2007, and who underwent national health examinations between January 2002 and December 2006. The latest record of BMI was used as the exposure and categorized as follows: <18.5, 18.5-23, 23-25, 25-30, and ≥30 kg/m2. TB was defined as the first recorded diagnosis of TB, using ICD-10 between January 2007 and December 2013.

Results

Among 301,081 individuals, 3,772 (1.26%) incident TB cases were detected. The incidence rate of the event

SUBMITTER: Kim SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5906015 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature