Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of the Propensity Score Matched Tuberculosis and Non-tuberculosis Control Populations
| Characteristics | Non-tuberculosis Control Population N (%) |
Tuberculosis Population N (%) |
Standardized Mean Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| N | 4864 | 1216 | … |
| Medical Service Plan start year | … | … | 0.023 |
| 1990–1995 | 1885 (38.8) | 465 (38.2) | … |
| 1996–2000 | 1152 (23.7) | 296 (24.3) | … |
| 2001–2005 | 705 (14.5) | 181 (14.9) | … |
| 2006–2010 | 651 (13.4) | 161 (13.2) | … |
| 2011–2015 | 382 (7.9) | 92 (7.6) | … |
| 2016–2019 | 89 (1.8) | 21 (1.7) | … |
| Age at arrival to Canada, median (IOR) | 43.0 (30.0, 59.0) | 43.0 (29.0, 59.0) | 0.003 |
| Sex | … | … | 0.014 |
| Male | 2781 (57.2) | 687 (56.5) | … |
| Female | 2083 (42.8) | 529 (43.5) | … |
| WHO tuberculosis incidence in country of origin | … | … | 0.032 |
| < 30 per 100 000 | 120 (2.5) | 26 (2.1) | … |
| 30 to 100 per 100 000 | 1579 (32.5) | 407 (33.5) | … |
| 101 to 200 per 100 000 | 1621 (33.3) | 407 (33.5) | … |
| > 200 per 100 000 | 1544 (31.7) | 376 (30.9) | … |
| WHO region of origin | … | … | 0.031 |
| Western Pacific Region | 3000 (61.7) | 761 (62.6) | … |
| South-East Asia Region | 1333 (27.4) | 332 (27.3) | … |
| Eastern Mediterranean Region | 189 (3.9) | 44 (3.6) | … |
| African Region | 141 (2.9) | 33 (2.7) | … |
| European Region | 115 (2.4) | 28 (2.3) | … |
| Region of the Americans | 86 (1.8) | 18 (1.5) | … |
| Immigration class | … | … | 0.020 |
| Family | 2565 (52.7) | 647 (53.2) | … |
| Economic | 1638 (33.7) | 412 (33.9) | … |
| Refugee | 438 (9.0) | 104 (8.6) | … |
| Other | 223 (4.6) | 53 (4.4) | … |
| Elixhauser comorbidity score, median (IQR) | 0.01 (0.1) | 0.01 (0.1) | 0.055 |
| Neighborhood income | … | … | 0.027 |
| Lowest 20% | 1799 (37.0) | 442 (36.3) | … |
| Low-middle 20% | 1250 (25.7) | 325 (26.7) | … |
| Middle 20% | 869 (17.9) | 214 (17.6) | … |
| Middle-high 20% | 514 (10.6) | 131 (10.8) | … |
| Highest 20% | 432 (8.9) | 104 (8.6) | … |
| Health service delivery area | … | … | 0.023 |
| Metro | 4141 (85.1) | 1037 (85.3) | … |
| Urban—Rural | 611 (12.6) | 155 (12.7) | … |
| Rural—Remote | 112 (2.3) | 24 (2.0) | … |
| Years since arrival, median (IQR) | 8.0 (4.0. 14.0) | 8.0 (4.0, 14.0) | 0.020 |
| Tuberculosis diagnosis year | … | … | 0.089 |
| 1990–1995 | 187 (3.8) | 55 (4.5) | … |
| 1996–2000 | 518 (10.6) | 131 (10.8) | … |
| 2001–2005 | 821 (16.9) | 200 (16.4) | … |
| 2006–2010 | 1157 (23.8) | 250 (20.6) | … |
| 2011–2015 | 1321 (27.2) | 295 (24.3) | … |
| 2016–2019 | 860 (17.7) | 285 (23.4) | … |
Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; WHO, World Health Organization.