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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population

From: Changes in tuberculosis risk after transplantation in the setting of decreased community tuberculosis incidence: a national population-based study, 2008–2020

Characteristics

All transplantations

Total (n = 57,103)

TB group (n = 830)

Non-TB group (n = 56,273)

P-value

Age at transplant (years)

 0–19

4,851 (8.5)

30 (3.6)

4,821 (8.6)

 < 0.001

 20–39

9,884 (17.3)

128 (15.4)

9,756 (17.3)

 

 40–59

31,783 (55.7)

474 (57.1)

31,309 (55.6)

 

  > 60

10,585 (18.5)

198 (23.9)

10,387 (18.5)

 

Sex

 Male

35,123 (61.5)

575 (69.3)

34,548 (61.4)

 < 0.001

 Female

21,980 (38.5)

255 (30.7)

21,725 (38.6)

 

Duration of follow-up (years)

5.30 [3.54]

1.75 [2.03]

5.35 [3.53]

 < 0.001

Comorbidities

 Diabetes mellitus

23,028 (40.3)

377 (45.4)

22,651 (40.3)

0.003

 Hypertension

32,726 (57.3)

485 (58.4)

32,241 (57.3)

0.51

 Asthma

7,841 (13.7)

107 (12.9)

7,734 (13.7)

0.48

 COPD

3,186 (5.6)

42 (5.1)

3,144 (5.6)

0.51

 Liver Cirrhosis

12,019 (21.0)

198 (23.9)

11,821 (21.0)

0.05

 Chronic kidney disease

21,930 (38.4)

319 (38.4)

21,611 (38.4)

0.99

 Solid cancer

12,696 (22.4)

200 (24.1)

12,496 (22.2)

0.19

 Hematologic malignancy

12,547 (22.0)

174 (21.0)

12,373 (22.0)

0.48

 Autoimmune disease

309 (0.5)

1 (0.1)

308 (0.5)

0.14

Charlson Comorbidity Index

5.48 [2.85]

5.89 [2.95]

5.48 [2.85]

 < 0.001

Risk factors

 Previous TB History

1,741 (3.0)

37 (4.5)

1,704 (3.0)

0.02

 Pulmonary TB

965 (1.7)

27 (3.2)

938 (1.7)

 < 0.001

 Extrapulmonary TB

1,024 (1.8)

15 (1.8)

1,009 (1.8)

0.98

Transplant type

 SOT

36,626 (64.1)

554 (66.7)

36,072 (64.1)

0.003

 Allogeneic HSCT

11,202 (19.6)

188 (22.7)

11,014 (19.6)

0.03

 Autologous HSCT

9,275 (16.2)

88 (10.6)

9,187 (16.3)

 < 0.001

SOT transplant site

 Kidneya

20,904 (36.6)

296 (35.7)

20,608 (36.6)

0.57

 Heart

1,373 (2.4)

19 (2.3)

1,354 (2.4)

0.83

 Liver

13,568 (23.8)

224 (27.0)

13,344 (23.7)

0.03

 Lung

600 (1.1)

11 (1.3)

589 (1.0)

0.44

 Othersb

181 (0.3)

4 (0.5)

177 (0.3)

0.39

Transplant year

 2009

3,422 (6.0)

99 (11.9)

3,323 (5.9)

 < 0.001

 2010

3,687 (6.5)

92 (11.1)

3,595 (6.4)

 

 2011

4,220 (7.4)

100 (12.0)

4,120 (7.3)

 

 2012

4,481 (7.8)

96 (11.6)

4,385 (7.8)

 

 2013

4,415 (7.7)

80 (9.6)

4,335 (7.7)

 

 2014

4,713 (8.3)

76 (9.2)

4,637 (8.2)

 

 2015

4,941 (8.7)

59 (7.1)

4,882 (8.7)

 
  1. Data are expressed as a number (percent) or a mean [standard deviation]
  2. aKidney includes kidney and kidney-pancreas transplantations
  3. bOthers include small bowel transplantation and pancreatic transplantation alone
  4. COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; HSCT, hematopoietic stem cell transplantation; SOT, solid organ transplantation; TB, tuberculosis