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Tuberculosis in Prisons: Importance of Considering the Clustering in the Analysis of Cross-Sectional Studies

Abstract

The level of clustering and the adjustment by cluster-robust standard errors have yet to be widely considered and reported in cross-sectional studies of tuberculosis (TB) in prisons. In two cross-sectional studies of people deprived of liberty (PDL) in Medellin, we evaluated the impact of adjustment versus failure to adjust by clustering on prevalence ratio (PR) and 95% confidence interval (CI). We used log-binomial regression, Poisson …

Authors

Marín D; Keynan Y; Bangdiwala SI; López L; Rueda ZV

Journal

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol. 20, No. 7,

Publisher

MDPI

DOI

10.3390/ijerph20075423

ISSN

1661-7827