title: [10 years comparative clinico-epidemiological analysis of smoking and alcohol consumption in TB patients (Myc. Tuberculosis) and with mycobacteriosis (Myc. Kansas].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Smoking and alcohol consumption are a major public health problem. More and more are mentioned, also, these two drugs, tobacco and alcohol as risk factors for tuberculosis and mycobacteriosis.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Comparative analysis of epidemiological and clinical patients with tuberculosis and mycobacteriosis M.kansasii smoking cigarettes and abuse alcohol.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 2025 patients with tuberculosis and 140 patients with diagnosed lung mycobacteriosis hospitalized in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Center of Pulmonology in the years 2003-2013. Data were obtained from the central database of the hospital on admission to the hospital.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 1403 smokers (69.3%) of tuberculosis patients and 79 (56.4%) with mycobacteriosis, and alcohol dependence were 534 (26.4%) and 16 (11.4%) respectively. Both of smokers and drinkers, men prevailed. Smokers who have developed tuberculosis were significantly younger than patients with mycobacteriosis, often touched their homelessness and unemployment, and often lived in rural areas. Conversely, smokers with mycobacteriosis are people often married, professionally active. In the group of abusers, patients with tuberculosis were younger, living in the country. side, often unemployed, homeless and single compared to patients with my. cobacteriosis. The clinical picture of patients with tuberculosis and mycobacteriosis did not differ significantly between the groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A retrospective study of patients with tuberculosis and my. cobacteriosis showed significantly more use of tobacco and alcohol abuse than in the general Polish population. It should be noted that cigarette smoking and alcohol abuse are major risk and mycobacteriosis. Therefore, it is important to conduct anti-tobacco education and prevention of alcohol abuse.
authors: Grzegorz
authors: G
authors: Przybylski
authors: Agnieszka
authors: A
authors: Nowakowska-Arendt
authors: Marta
authors: M
authors: Pilaczyńska-Cemel
authors: Ryszard
authors: R
authors: Gołda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D015984:Causality; D060085:Coinfection / Q000453:epidemiology; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019909:Mycobacterium kansasii; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012423:Rural Health; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D000074606:Smoking Prevention; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014478:Unemployment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data