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ArticleAIDS (London, England)2025

Sex differences in tuberculosis infection and disease among people with HIV.

Lelia H Chaisson, Betina Durovni, Nasir Umar, Silvia Cohn, Lawrence H Moulton, Eileen Scully, Solange Cavalcante, Jonathan E Golub, Richard E Chaisson, Valeria Saraceni

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10 authors.

Lelia H ChaissonUCSF Center for Tuberculosis.
Betina DurovniMunicipal Health Secretariat, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Nasir UmarJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Silvia CohnDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Lawrence H MoultonDepartments of International Health and Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Eileen ScullyDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Solange CavalcanteInstituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Jonathan E GolubDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Richard E ChaissonDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Valeria SaraceniMunicipal Health Secretariat, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Funding

Vaccine Response and Immunotherapeutics SWGP30AI094189 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Anna Palmer Durbin · 2012 to 2026
$67.0M
Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics CoreP30AI168436 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI MAUNANK SHAH · 2022 to 2026
$6.1M
Johns Hopkins HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Sciences Training ProgramT32AI102623 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Shruti H Mehta · 2013 to 2026
$5.3M
NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI094189NIAID NIH HHS P30 AI168436NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI102623
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesWorldwide, adult men experience an excess burden of tuberculosis (TB) disease compared with women, but few studies have examined sex differences in TB among people with HIV. In this study, we aimed to investigate sex differences in TB infection and disease among people with HIV in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

designAnalysis of data from a randomized controlled trial and retrospective cohort study.

methodsWe analyzed data from two studies conducted between 2005 and 2017. The THRio Study (2005-2012) evaluated increasing tuberculin skin testing (TST) and TB preventive therapy (TPT), and Universal ART in Rio study (UnivART; 2010-2017) was a virtual cohort study of people with HIV and TB with data from four national electronic registries.

resultsAmong 4606 people with HIV in THRio, 2992 (65.0%) had a TST placed and read, of whom 312 of 1865 (17%) males and 203 of 1127 (18%) females ( P  = 0.37) had prevalent TB infection. TB disease incidence was higher among males compared with females overall [IRR 1.33, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.04-1.69], among males compared with females who did not receive TPT [incidence rate ratios (IRR) 1.30, 95% CI 1.01-1.67], and among males compared with females on ART (IRR 1.64, 95% CI 1.17-2.29). Among 54 957 people with HIV in UnivART, TB disease incidence rates were higher among males than females overall (IRR 1.28, 95% CI 1.18-1.39), among males compared with females on ART (IRR 1.58, 95% CI 1.40-1.77), and among males compared with females not on ART (IRR 1.11, 95% CI 0.99-1.25).

conclusionIn this medium TB and HIV burden setting, TB disease incidence was higher among males than females with HIV, despite similar prevalence of TB infection.

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HIV InfectionsTuberculosisAdolescentAdultBrazilFemaleHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedPrevalenceRetrospective StudiesSex FactorsTuberculin TestYoung Adult

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PMCPMC11717608

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