Andrew Basham: Post-tuberculosis airway disease

TEAM C. Andrew Basham, Mohammad E. Karim, Victoria J. Cook, David M. Patrick, James C. Johnston We conducted the first cohort study of post-TB airway disease from a low-TB-incidence setting. We used health administrative data to analyze the risk of post-TB airway disease using modern epidemiological methods. We rigorously assessed unmeasured confounding using e-values and high-dimensional propensity scoring. Furthermore, we investigated effect modification by comorbidities, income level, and other key covariates. We conducted a related study and found 5% of respiratory TB patients in BC received spirometry at treatment completion. TB programs could play a role in linking TB patients to primary care for common sequelae such as chronic airway disease.

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10/15/2020 5:50:00 PM