Koji Matsuda, Tsuranu Yokoyama
[Analysis of secular trends in proportion of students with poor visual acuity and the associated factors according to government statistics]
Nippon Ganka Gakkai zasshi
smearpositive pulmonary tuberculosis ptb infectious compared smearnegative ptb great significance epidemiology infection control prevalence smearpositive ptb rarely affects males females equally hence aimed identify sexrelated differences prevalence smearpositive ptb associated factors kuala lumpur malaysia crosssectional study conducted using data national tuberculosis information system tbis 1 january 2015 31 december 2019 study population selected using simple random sampling list registered ptb patients tbis criteria inclusion malaysian adults aged 18 years residing kuala lumpur registered ptb tbis factors associated smearpositive ptb male female patients determined using multiple logistic regression analysis overall prevalence smearpositive ptb 686 male patients predominated 71 malefemale prevalence ratio smearpositive ptb 241 male patients worked machine operators elementary workers adjusted odds ratio aor 223 95 confidence interval ci 124402 p 0007 selfemployed aor 258 95 ci 146456 p 0001 lived residence categorized aor 249 95 ci 128486 p 0007 smokers aor 137 95 ci 101187 p 0045 higher odds smearpositive ptb meanwhile female patients diabetes mellitus higher odds smearpositive ptb aor 192 95 ci 105354 p 0035 female patients healthcare workers lower odds aor 033 95 ci 012 094 p 0039 prevalence smearpositive ptb higher males compared females factors associated smearpositive ptb differed based sex current tb control program especially smearpositive ptb likely strategized stratified sex