Risk factors for tuberculosis after gastrectomy in gastric cancer

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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 28, 2016; 22(8): 2585-2591
Published online Feb 28, 2016. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v22.i8.2585

Table 4 Multivariate analysis for risk factors of active tuberculosis after gastrectomy

Variable	Odds ratio	95%CI	P value
Sex, male	1.29	0.18-9.40	0.801
Low BMI	1.21	1.01-1.46	0.043
Smoking	1.93	0.79-4.75	0.149
Alcohol	1.22	0.55-2.75	0.622
Previous TB infection	7.10	2.47-20.36	< 0.001
Surgery extent, total gastrectomy	3.48	1.25-9.66	0.017

TB: Tuberculosis; BMI: Body mass index; CXR: Chest X-ray.

Citation: Jung WJ, Park YM, Song JH, Chung KS, Kim SY, Kim EY, Jung JY, Park MS, Kim YS, Kim SK, Chang J, Noh SH, An JY, Kang YA. Risk factors for tuberculosis after gastrectomy in gastric cancer. World J Gastroenterol 2016; 22(8): 2585-2591
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v22/i8/2585.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v22.i8.2585