Tuberculosis among Patients Undergoing Solid Organ Transplantation or Dialysis in a Low-Endemic Country, 2004-2017
Table 2
Incidence rates of tuberculosis stratified by the type of immune suppression and incidence rate ratios in analysis pooling of solid organ transplant recipients and patients on dialysis.
Solid organ transplant recipients ()
Patients on chronic dialysis ()
All patients
IR/100,000 PY (95% CI)
IR/100,000 PY (95% CI)
IRR (95% CI)
All patients
41 (15-109)
262 (145-473)
Gender
Male
17 (2-124)
109 (35-339)
1.0 (ref.)
Female
74 (2-230)
550 (275-1,110)
4.3 (1.4-13.7)
Age
<50 years
17 (2-119)
364 (152-877)
1.0 (ref.)
≥50 years
78 (3-243)
212 (95-473)
2.1 (0.7-6.1)
Year of study inclusion
2004-2009
51 (16-156)
125 (40-387)
1.0 (ref.)
2010-2017
25 (4-184)
446 (223-892)
1.8 (0.6-4.9)
Origin
Denmark
11 (2-81)
31 (4-218)
1.0 (ref.)
Greenland
0
2,579 (645-10313)
42.2 (5.8-306)
Other low TB endemic countries
0
0
NA
Other medium/high TB endemic countries
454 (147-1,408)
1,133 (567-2,266)
49.2 (10.9-222)
IR: incidence rate; IRR: incidence rate ratio; TB: tuberculosis. All variables were included in multivariate analyses.
