Risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma following tuberculosis

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

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