Cohort Study on Association of Malignant Neoplasms among the Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Nagoya TB Registry
1992 Volume 2 Issue 2sup Pages 89-95
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1992 Volume 2 Issue 2sup Pages 89-95
A total of 3, 580 pulmonary TB patients newly registered in Nagoya TB registry in 1979-81 were followed-up until the end of 1983. 489 patients (13.7%) died in the period of observation.
O/E ratio of dying from TB was very high, being 15.1 per 100, 000 for males and 40.0 for females, and also higher O/E ratio of cancer, heart dis- eases, pneumonia/bronchitis were shown for both sexes, the risks ranged 1.7 to 3.2. The risk of liver diseases except cancer was high in females only. Lung cancer death showed high O/E ratio of 3.8 for males and 6.4 for females. Observed higher risk of malignant neoplasms related to bone marrow suggest some immune disorders of the patients. Causative factors were discussed.
