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SUBMITTER: Lin CH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6830704 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lin Ching-Hsiung CH Kuo Shu-Chen SC Hsieh Ming-Chia MC Ho Shang-Yun SY Su Ih-Jen IJ Lin Sheng-Hao SH Chi Chia-Yu CY Su Shih-Li SL Liao Chiung-Ying CY Chen Yee-Chun YC Hsu Shang-Ren SR Huang Yuan-Chun YC Tseng Fan-Chen FC Wang Shu Yi SY Dou Horng Yunn HY Lin Shi-Dou SD Lin Jen-Shiou JS Tu Shih-Te ST Yeh Yen-Po YP
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<h4>Objective</h4>To investigate the association between diabetes and latent tuberculosis infections (LTBI) in high TB incidence areas.<h4>Design</h4>Community-based comparison study.<h4>Setting</h4>Outpatient diabetes clinics at 4 hospitals and 13 health centres in urban and rural townships. A community-based screening programme was used to recruit non-diabetic participants.<h4>Participants</h4>A total of 2948 patients with diabetes aged older than 40 years were recruited, and 453 non-diabetic ...[more]