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SUBMITTER: Leegaard A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3220855 | biostudies-other | 2011 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Leegaard Anne A Riis Anders A Kornum Jette B JB Prahl Julie B JB Thomsen Vibeke Ø VØ Sørensen Henrik Toft HT Horsburgh C Robert CR Thomsen Reimar W RW
Diabetes care 20111004 12
<h4>Objective</h4>To examine the association between diabetes, glycemic control, and risk of tuberculosis (TB).<h4>Research design and methods</h4>We conducted a population-based case-control study in Northern Denmark. Cases of active TB were all individuals with a first-time principal hospital diagnosis of TB between 1980 and 2008. Each case subject was matched with up to five population control subjects with similar age, sex, place and length of residence in Denmark, and country of emigration. ...[more]