Association between history of tuberculosis and vegetarianism from a nationally representative survey in India

Paul Arora; P. Jha; N. Nagelkerke

doi:10.5588/ijtld.10.0510

Association between history of tuberculosis and vegetarianism from a nationally representative survey in India

Paul Arora, P. Jha, N. Nagelkerke

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

1 Citation (Scopus)

Abstract

A vegetarian diet has been implicated as a risk factor for tuberculosis (TB) among South Asians in the United Kingdom. To explore whether this is also the case in India, we analysed data from the nationally representative National Family Health Survey-3 (2006) which collected information on TB and diet, and tested for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 1. TB was reported by heads of households. Using logistic regression, we found that vegetarianism was not a risk factor for TB among HIV-1 negative married men and women aged 15 - 49 (women) or 15-54 (men) years (OR 0.66, 95%CI 0.49 - 0.89), while poverty and a history of blood transfusions were.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	706-708
Number of pages	3
Journal	International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Volume	15
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5588/ijtld.10.0510
Publication status	Published - May 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Diet
HIV
Nutrition
Public health
Vegetarianism

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Infectious Diseases

Access to Document

10.5588/ijtld.10.0510

Cite this

@article{11dcf8884015482d8ec32e2b640aaf0a,

title = "Association between history of tuberculosis and vegetarianism from a nationally representative survey in India",

abstract = "A vegetarian diet has been implicated as a risk factor for tuberculosis (TB) among South Asians in the United Kingdom. To explore whether this is also the case in India, we analysed data from the nationally representative National Family Health Survey-3 (2006) which collected information on TB and diet, and tested for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 1. TB was reported by heads of households. Using logistic regression, we found that vegetarianism was not a risk factor for TB among HIV-1 negative married men and women aged 15 - 49 (women) or 15-54 (men) years (OR 0.66, 95%CI 0.49 - 0.89), while poverty and a history of blood transfusions were.",

keywords = "Diet, HIV, Nutrition, Public health, Vegetarianism",

author = "Paul Arora and P. Jha and N. Nagelkerke",

year = "2011",

month = may,

doi = "10.5588/ijtld.10.0510",

language = "English",

volume = "15",

pages = "706--708",

journal = "International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease",

issn = "1027-3719",

publisher = "International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union)",

number = "5",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Association between history of tuberculosis and vegetarianism from a nationally representative survey in India

AU - Arora, Paul

AU - Jha, P.

AU - Nagelkerke, N.

PY - 2011/5

Y1 - 2011/5

N2 - A vegetarian diet has been implicated as a risk factor for tuberculosis (TB) among South Asians in the United Kingdom. To explore whether this is also the case in India, we analysed data from the nationally representative National Family Health Survey-3 (2006) which collected information on TB and diet, and tested for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 1. TB was reported by heads of households. Using logistic regression, we found that vegetarianism was not a risk factor for TB among HIV-1 negative married men and women aged 15 - 49 (women) or 15-54 (men) years (OR 0.66, 95%CI 0.49 - 0.89), while poverty and a history of blood transfusions were.

AB - A vegetarian diet has been implicated as a risk factor for tuberculosis (TB) among South Asians in the United Kingdom. To explore whether this is also the case in India, we analysed data from the nationally representative National Family Health Survey-3 (2006) which collected information on TB and diet, and tested for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 1. TB was reported by heads of households. Using logistic regression, we found that vegetarianism was not a risk factor for TB among HIV-1 negative married men and women aged 15 - 49 (women) or 15-54 (men) years (OR 0.66, 95%CI 0.49 - 0.89), while poverty and a history of blood transfusions were.

KW - Diet

KW - HIV

KW - Nutrition

KW - Public health

KW - Vegetarianism

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79954473660&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=79954473660&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.5588/ijtld.10.0510

DO - 10.5588/ijtld.10.0510

M3 - Article

C2 - 21756527

AN - SCOPUS:79954473660

SN - 1027-3719

VL - 15

SP - 706

EP - 708

JO - International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

JF - International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

IS - 5

ER -

Association between history of tuberculosis and vegetarianism from a nationally representative survey in India

Abstract

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this