Determinants of childhood tuberculosis--a case control study among children registered under revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme in a district of South India.

摘要

To study the determinants of Tuberculosis (TB) in children between the age group of 0-14 years receiving treatment under Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP).A case (registered under RNTCP) control study was undertaken with 41 cases and 82 controls.Factors found to have significance according to binary logistic regression were low-birth weight (LBW) [Odd's ratio = 3.56],Malnutrition [Odd's ratio = 3.96], Passive smoking [Odd's ratio=6.28] and exposure to fire-wood smoke [Odd's ratio = 6.91].LBW, malnutrition, passive smoking and fire-wood smoke are the risk factors to be addressed to prevent pediatric TB.