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Risk Factors Associated With Death in a 12-Month Cohort Analysis of Tuberculosis Patients: 12-Month Follow-up After Registration
The aim of the study was to investigate the risk of death for 12 months follow-up after registration of tuberculosis (TB), using a nationwide population-based retrospective cohort study. A total of 33851 new TB cases were enrolled from 2006 to 2008. Of these, 5584 (16.5%) patients died during the follow-up period because of TB, and 4224 (12.5%) patients died because of other causes. Multivariate survival analysis revealed that age, HIV, chronic kidney disease, stroke, cancer, and chronic liver disease and cirrhosis were significant risk factors associated with death. Patients of age 0 to 64 years with HIV, chronic kidney d...
Source: Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health - March 31, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Lo, H.-Y., Suo, J., Chang, H.-J., Yang, S.-L., Chou, P. Tags: E-articles Source Type: research

Measuring Global Alcohol Health Literacy: A Narrative Review
CONCLUSIONS: The current state of the research literature makes it impossible to identify patterns of alcohol health literacy globally or even to compare intra-country studies across time. We recommend that a database of standard, validated questions for assessing knowledge about the relationship between alcohol and several key health outcomes be assembled and made available to the research community.PMID:34100699
Source: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs - June 8, 2021 Category: Addiction Authors: Eva Greenthal William DeJong Margie R Skeer Marisa M Tsai Susan Koch-Weser Source Type: research

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