Table 5.
Evolution of epidemiological and clinical data concerning locally born and foreign born populations of TB patients in Guadeloupe between 1999–2005 (this study) and 2006–2011 (Cadelis et al., 2012 [23])
| Parameters studied |
Total population of patients |
Foreign born |
Locally born |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-2005 (n = 129) | 2006-2011 (n = 128) | p | 1999-2005 (n = 66) | 2006-2011 (n = 49) | p | 1999-2005 (n = 63) | 2006-2011 (n = 79) | p | |
| Foreign born |
66 (51.2) |
49 (38.3) |
<0.05 |
NA |
NA |
|
|
|
|
| Male |
77 (59.7) |
80 (62.5) |
NS |
31 (47.0) |
24 (49.0) |
NS |
42 (66.7) |
56 (70.9) |
NS |
| Prior history of active TB |
13 (12.6) (a) |
25 (19.5) |
NS |
4 (7.0) (g) |
8 (16.3) |
NS |
9 (19.6) (l) |
17 (21.5) |
NS |
| Extrapulmonary TB |
15 (11.7) |
20 (15.6) |
NS |
12 (18.2) |
12 (24.5) |
NS |
3 (4.8) |
8 (10.1) |
NS |
| HIV+ |
25 (24.5) (b) |
34 (26.6) |
NS |
21 (38.2) (h) |
23 (46.9) |
NS |
4 (8.5) (m) |
11 (13.9) |
NS |
| Lost of sight |
33 (29.2) (c) |
8 (6.3) |
<0.001 |
13 (23.2) (i) |
1 (2.0) |
<0.01 |
20 (35.1) (n) |
7 (8.9) |
<0.001 |
| Excessive alcohol user |
27 (28.1) (d) |
22 (17.2) |
0.05 |
8 (14.5) (h) |
3 (6.1) |
NS |
19 (46.3) (o) |
19 (24.1) |
<0.025 |
| Smoker |
19 (20) (e) |
30 (23.4) |
NS |
9 (16.7) (j) |
7 (14.3) |
NS |
10 (24.4) (o) |
23 (29.1) |
NS |
| Drug user | 12 (12.9) (f) | 6 (4.7) | <0.05 | 2 (3.9) (k) | 1 (2.0) | NS | 10 (24.4) (o) | 5 (6.3) | <0.01 |
– Abbreviations: NA Not applicable.
– For Total population of patients: Information available for (a) 103/129 cases, (b) 102/129 cases, (c) 113/129 cases, (d) 96/129 cases,.
(e) 95/129 cases, (f) 93/129 cases.
– For foreign-born patients: information available for (g) 57/66 cases, (h) 55/66 cases, (i) 56/66 cases, (j) 54/66 cases, (k) 52/66 cases.
– For French-born patients: information available for (l) 46/63 cases, (m) 47/63 cases, (n) 57/63 cases, (o) 41/63 cases.