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ArticleBMC infectious diseases2019

Effect of isoniazid preventive therapy on tuberculosis incidence and associated risk factors among HIV infected adults in Tanzania: a retrospective cohort study.

Amon Sabasaba, Henry Mwambi, Geoffrey Somi, Angella Ramadhani, Michael J Mahande

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Article in BMC infectious diseases, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Amon SabasabaDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, P.O.Box 2240, Moshi, Tanzania. amons4u@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9888-8762
Henry MwambiDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, P.O.Box 2240, Moshi, Tanzania.
Geoffrey SomiMinistry of Health, Community Development, Gender Elderly and Children (MOHCDGEC) - National Aids Control Program, Dar es salaam, Tanzania.
Angella RamadhaniMinistry of Health, Community Development, Gender Elderly and Children (MOHCDGEC) - National Aids Control Program, Dar es salaam, Tanzania.
Michael J MahandeDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute of Public Health, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, P.O.Box 2240, Moshi, Tanzania.
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre · TZMinistry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children · TZ

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTuberculosis (TB) continues to be the leading cause of morbidity and mortality among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected individuals in Sub Saharan Africa including Tanzania. Provision of isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) is one of the public health interventions to reduce the burden of TB among HIV infected persons. However there is limited information about the influence of IPT on TB incidence in Tanzania. This study aimed at ascertaining the effect of IPT on TB incidence and to determine risk factors for TB among HIV positive adults in Dar es Salaam region.

methodsA retrospective cohort study was conducted using secondary data of HIV positive adults receiving care and treatment services in Dar es Salaam region from 2011 to 2014. TB incidence rate among HIV positive adults on IPT was compared to those who were not on IPT during the follow up period. Risk factors for incident TB were estimated using multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression model.

resultsA total of 68,378 HIV positive adults were studied. The median follow up time was 3.4 (IQR = 1.9-3.8) years for patients who ever received IPT and 1.3 (IQR = 0.3-1.3) years among those who never received IPT. A total of 3124 TB cases occurred during 114,926 total person-years of follow up. The overall TB incidence rate was 2.7/100 person-years (95%CI; 2.6-2.8). Patients on IPT had 48% lower TB incidence rate compared to patients who were not on IPT (IRR = 0.52, 95%CI; 0.46-0.59). Factors associated with higher risk for incident TB included; being male (aHR = 1.8, 95% CI; 1.6-2.0), WHO stage III (aHR = 2.7, 95% CI; 2.3-3.3) and IV (aHR = 2.4, 95% CI; 1.9-3.1),being underweight (aHR = 1.7, 95% CI; 1.5-1.9) while overweight (aHR = 0.7, 95% CI; 0.6-0.8), obese (aHR = 0.5, 95% CI; 0.4-0.7), having baseline CD4 cell count between 200 and 350 cells/μl (aHR = 0.7, 95% CI; 0.6-0.8) and CD4 count above 350 cells/μl (aHR = 0.5, 95% CI; 0.4-0.6) were associated with lower risk of developing TB.

conclusionIsoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) has shown to be effective in reducing TB incidence among HIV infected adults in Dar es Salaam. More efforts are needed to increase the provision and coverage of IPT.

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AdultAntitubercular AgentsChemopreventionCoinfectionFemaleHIV-1HIV InfectionsHumansIncidenceIsoniazidLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsTanzaniaAntitubercular AgentsIsoniazidDar es salaamIsoniazid preventive therapyTanzaniaTB incidence

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