Debate sobre o artigo de Everardo Duarte Nunes

Castiel, Luís David

doi:10.1590/s0102-311x1998000100006

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“…However, an observed odds ratio for those who live in regions with a higher percentage of households without water supply was meaningless contrary to what was expected. This finding contradicts publications, which emphasized greater TB morbidity in houses without water supply (CANTWELL et al, 1998;DYE et al, 2009;PEREIRA et al, 2015;PEDRO et al, 2017;SILVA et al, 2018) and may be linked to Luis David Castiel called an ecological fallacy (cross-level bias),a phenomenon of imbalance where, in an analysis of aggregated data -as adopted in this study, a result is generated that seems paradoxical but, in a more detailed analysis, it appears plausible at the individual level (CASTIEL, 1998).…”

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Socioeconomic determination and spatial distribution of Tuberculosis/HIV co-infection in a state of Brazil

Santos

Vegi

Rodrigues

et al. 2021

Rev. Geogr. (Recife, Online)

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Objective: To investigate the influence of social, economic and housing variables due to Tuberculosis/HIV in the state of Alagoas, Brazil. Methods: This is an ecological and cross-sectional study that evaluates the independent effect of variables from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics and United Nations Development Programme in the Annual Average Incidence Rate of Tuberculosis/HIV coinfection in the state of Alagoas from 2001 to 2016. We used Generalized Estimating Equation models implemented in SPSS software. Results: Among indicators related to cases of tuberculosis in people living with HIV in the municipalities of Alagoas, such as, the variables of household income per capita and percentage of households without piped water. A significant association in tests and measuring the quantification of important effects in the relationship among the strength association of each risk factors and the development of co-infection. Conclusion: The results can be consistent, allowing the identification of factors associated with the socioeconomic and socio-housing determination of TB/HIV co-infection in the state of Alagoas.

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