{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Hochberg NS"],"funding":["National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases","the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)","Government of India’s (GOI) Department of Biotechnology (DBT)","Office of AIDS Research (OAR)","National Science Foundation","U.S. Civilian Research &amp; Development Foundation (CRDF Global)"],"pagination":["e0183195"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5568341"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["12(8)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>We aimed to define characteristics of TB patients in Puducherry and two districts of Tamil Nadu, India and calculate the population attributable fractions (PAF) of TB from malnutrition and alcohol.<h4>Methods</h4>New smear-positive TB cases were enrolled into the Regional Prospective Observational Research for Tuberculosis (RePORT India) cohort. Census and National Family Health Survey data were used for comparisons.<h4>Results</h4>Data were analyzed for 409 participants enrolled between May 2014-June 2016; 307 (75.1%) were male, 60.2% were malnourished (body mass index [BMI] <18.5 kg/m2), and 29.1% severely malnourished (BMI <16). \"Hazardous\" alcohol use (based on AUDIT-C score) was reported by 155/305 (50.8%) of males. Tuberculosis cases were more likely than the Puduc"],"journal":["PloS one"],"pubmed_title":["Comorbidities in pulmonary tuberculosis cases in Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, India: Opportunities for intervention."],"pmcid":["PMC5568341"],"funding_grant_id":["USB1-31150-XX-13","Cooperative Agreement No. OISE-9531011"],"pubmed_authors":["Ellner JJ","Sahu S","Govindarajan S","Kubiak RW","Hochberg NS","Sivaprakasam A","Pleskunas J","Salgame P","Lakshminarayanan S","Knudsen S","Sarkar S","Roy G","Horsburgh CR","Joseph NM","White LF"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Comorbidities in pulmonary tuberculosis cases in Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, India: Opportunities for intervention.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>We aimed to define characteristics of TB patients in Puducherry and two districts of Tamil Nadu, India and calculate the population attributable fractions (PAF) of TB from malnutrition and alcohol.<h4>Methods</h4>New smear-positive TB cases were enrolled into the Regional Prospective Observational Research for Tuberculosis (RePORT India) cohort. Census and National Family Health Survey data were used for comparisons.<h4>Results</h4>Data were analyzed for 409 participants enrolled between May 2014-June 2016; 307 (75.1%) were male, 60.2% were malnourished (body mass index [BMI] <18.5 kg/m2), and 29.1% severely malnourished (BMI <16). \"Hazardous\" alcohol use (based on AUDIT-C score) was reported by 155/305 (50.8%) of males. Tuberculosis cases were more likely than the Puduc","dates":{"release":"2017-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2017","modification":"2025-04-21T17:47:19.887Z","creation":"2019-03-27T02:54:18Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC5568341","cross_references":{"pubmed":["28832615"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pone.0183195"]}}