Risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma following tuberculosis

J Askling; A Ekbom

doi:10.1054/bjoc.2000.1551

Risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma following tuberculosis

Br J Cancer. 2001 Jan 5;84(1):113-5. doi: 10.1054/bjoc.2000.1551.

Authors

J Askling¹, A Ekbom

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institute, Box 281, Stockholm, S-171 77, Sweden. johan.askling@mep.ki.se

Abstract

To study the association between chronic infections and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), we assessed the risk of NHL in a Swedish cohort of 5050 individuals with tuberculosis 1939-1960. The overall relative risk was moderately increased, largely accounted for by high risks following severe tuberculosis diagnosed a long time ago.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cause of Death
Chronic Disease
Cohort Studies
Confidence Intervals
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Incidence
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / epidemiology
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / etiology*
Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / mortality
Male
Risk
Sex Factors
Sweden / epidemiology
Time Factors
Tuberculosis / complications*
Tuberculosis / epidemiology
Tuberculosis / mortality