Increased risk of tuberculosis in patients with end-stage renal disease: A population-based cohort study in Taiwan, a country of high incidence of end-stage renal disease

Abstract

65 years (HR 2·41), male sex (HR 1·94), diabetes mellitus (HR 1·36), silicosis (HR 7·70) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (HR 1·61) are independent risk factors for TB. Patients with ESRD are associated with an increased risk of TB, and should thus be monitored more carefully for TB, especially within 2 years of onset of ESRD. © Cambridge University Press 2013.