Abdominal tuberculosis: a study of 881 cases.
A retrospective study of the epidemiological pattern of abdominal tuberculosis in Ibadan, Nigeria during the 30-year period 1960-1989 has been completed. Among 881 cases seen (355 men and 526 women), children under 10 years represented 10.5% of cases but 78% of all cases were under 40 years. Women accounted for 64% of this number. The peak age incidence was 21-30 years (30.1%). Over 40 years of age, the female incidence fell (9%), so that the male incidence became greater (12%). The population-adjusted annual incidence during the 30-year period showed a gradual decline during the first two decades but a rising trend in the last decade is now evident. The clinical and pathological features were similar to those previously described, but delay in presentation varied between 1 and 14 1/2 months with a mean (SEM) of 5.2 (1.3) months.
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Department of Surgery, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D014395:Peritonitis, Tuberculous / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012744:Sex Ratio; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology