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. 2022 Jul 22;13:938406. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.938406

Table 1.

Summary of the studies that reported the TB incidence among SLE patients.

Study Country Region SLE-TB Sample size PTB EPTB Mean age Period TB-burden SLE criteria
Victorio-Navarra ST 1996 Philippines Asia 54 390 42 NR 32 1985-1995 High ACR-1982
Yun JE 2002 Korea Asia 15 283 12 6 36.1 1979-2000 Not high ACR-1982
Tam LS 2002 Hong Kong, China Asia 57 526 19 38 36 1984-2001 High ACR-1997
Mok MY 2003 Hong Kong, China Asia 91 652 55 36 31.6 1987-2001 High ACR-1982
Vadillo 2003 Spain Europe 3 158 2 1 53 1991-2000 Not high NR
Erdozain JG 2006 Spain Europe 3 221 3 0 33 1994-2003 Not high ACR-1997
Hodkinson B 2009 South Africa Africa 97 568 81 30 34.9 1989-2006 High ACR-1997
Muhammed H 2021 India Asia 48 1335 27 21 27.6 NR High ACR-1997
Gupta L 2021 India Asia 8 131 4 4 32.4 2015-2020 High ACR-1997

TB, tuberculosis; PTB, pulmonary tuberculosis; NR, not reported; EPTB, extrapulmonary tuberculosis; ACR, American College of Rheumatology.