Indoor solid fuel use and tuberculosis in China: a matched case-control study

Kan, Xiao-Hong; Chiang, Chen Yuan; Enarson, Donald A.; Wen-hua, Chen; Yang, Jianan; Chen, Genwang

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-498

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“…Twenty‐eight studies have analysed the association between CS exposure and active TB (Table ) . Four of these studies quantified the association of active TB with both direct and SHS exposure, and one examined only SHS exposure (Fig.…”

Section: Active Tb and Cs Exposurementioning

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Epidemiologic link between tuberculosis and cigarette/biomass smoke exposure: Limitations despite the vast literature

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The geographic overlap between the prevalence of cigarette smoke (CS) exposure and tuberculosis (TB) in the world is striking. In recent years, relatively large number of studies has linked cigarette or biomass fuel smoke exposure and various aspects of TB. Our goals are to summarize the significance of the known published studies, graphically represent reports that quantified the association and discuss their potential limitations. PubMed searches were performed using the key words 'tuberculosis' with 'cigarette', 'tobacco', 'smoke' or 'biomass fuel smoke.' The references of relevant articles were examined for additional pertinent papers. A large number of mostly case-control and cross-sectional studies significantly associate both direct and second-hand smoke exposure with tuberculous infection, active TB, and/or more severe and lethal TB. Fewer link biomass fuel smoke exposure and TB. While a number of studies interpreted the association with multivariate analysis, other confounders are often not accounted for in these analyses. It is also important to emphasize that these retrospective studies can only show an association and not any causal link.We further explored the possibility that even if CS exposure is a risk factor for TB, several mechanisms may be responsible. Numerous studies associate cigarette and biomass smoke exposure with TB but the mechanism(s) remains largely unknown. While the associative link of these two health maladies is well established, more definitive, mechanistic studies are needed to cement the effect of smoke exposure on TB pathogenesis and to utilize this knowledge in empowering public health policies.

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Section: Active Tb and Cs Exposurementioning

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Epidemiologic link between tuberculosis and cigarette/biomass smoke exposure: Limitations despite the vast literature

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“…Smoking prevalence is much more in males and it is remarkable that many smokers are smoking mostly in their homes (4). There are many evidences that there is a strong association between indoor air quality, smoking and tuberculosis (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10). However, the association between smoking, indoor air pollution and tuberculosis is not yet fully understood.…”

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Effect of Smoking and Indoor Air Pollution on the Risk of Tuberculosis: Smoking, Indoor Air Pollution and Tuberculosis

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2014

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“…[6][7][8] A comprehensive lung health project funded by the World Bank and implemented through collaboration between the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) and partners in Benin, China and Sudan, included as one of its aims to reduce the burden of lung disease through improvement of case management of patients with persistent asthma. 9,10 A situation analysis was performed to evaluate asthma management practice in China. 11 Asthma was found to be a hidden disease in Huaiyuan County, Anhui Province, where asthma was commonly diag-…”

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confidence: 99%