Dose-response relationship between body mass index and tuberculosis in China: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to describe and quantify the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and tuberculosis (TB) incidence.

Design

A population-based prospective cohort study.

Setting

Ten randomly selected communities in the southwestern mountainous region of China.

Participants

Participants who had resided in study sites before screening for at least 6 months were eligible. Those who refused to participate or were temporary residents (who resided less than 6 months during three waves of screening) were excluded. The present research included 26 022 participants aged over 15 years for analyses.

Interventions

The cohort study conducted three rounds of TB screening from 2013 to 2015. Face-to-face surveys for participants were carried out. TB sympt

SUBMITTER: Chen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8928331 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature