Tuberculosis among Patients Undergoing Solid Organ Transplantation or Dialysis in a Low-Endemic Country, 2004-2017
Table 1
Characteristics of the study population, (%).
Solid organ transplant recipients ()
Patients on chronic dialysis ()
Male
1,182 (59.4)
844 (64.7)
Age, median (IQR)
48 (36-58)
64 (52-73)
Year of study inclusion
2004-2009
763 (38.4)
603 (46.2)
2010-2017
1,226 (61.6)
702 (53.8)
Origin
Denmark
1,756 (88.3)
1,044 (80.0)
Greenland
33 (1.7)
33 (2.5)
Other low TB endemic countries
49 (2.5)
48 (3.7)
Other medium/high TB endemic countries
151 (7.6)
180 (13.8)
SOT type
Kidney
917 (46.1)
Liver
530 (26.7)
Lung
365 (18.5)
Heart
158 (7.9)
Pancreas-kidney
12 (0.6)
Liver-kidney
3 (0.2)
43 SOT and 17 dialysis patients were second-generation immigrants with parents from TB endemic countries. SOT: solid organ transplant; IQR: interquartile range; TB: tuberculosis.
