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. 2011 Mar 30;89(5):352–359. doi: 10.2471/BLT.10.085738

Table 2. Risk of tuberculosis attributable to diabetes or to HIV infection in study sites in South Texas and north-eastern (NE) Mexico, 2006–2008.

Age (years) Diabetes
HIV infection
RR (95% CI) ARexposed (%)a ARpopulation (%)b RR (95% CI) ARexposed (%)a ARpopulation (%)b
South Texas
20+ (n = 61) 2.7 (1.6–4.4) 63 26 17.8 (6.5–9.0) 94 5
20–34 (n = 20) 0.9 (0.1–6.8) −9 1 34.4 (8.0–147.7) 97 6
35–64 (n = 32) 5.1 (2.6–10.2) 80 48 12.2 (2.9–50.9) 92 5
65+ (n = 9) 1.7 (0.5–5.8) 41 22 0c NA NA
NE Mexico
20+ (n = 172) 3.1 (2.3–4.2) 68 24 16.0 (7.5–34.0) 94 3

AR, attributable risk; CI, confidence interval; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; NA, not applicable; RR, relative risk.

a Risk of tuberculosis attributable to exposure among exposed patients, ARexposed = 1 – 1/RR.

b Risk of tuberculosis attributable to exposure among the corresponding general population, ARpopulation = p(exposed)(RR − 1)/[1 + p(exposed)(RR − 1)].

c There were no HIV-positive patients in this age group.