Food Insecurity at Tuberculosis Treatment Initiation Is Associated With Clinical Outcomes in Rural Haiti: A Prospective Cohort Study.
Aaron RichtermanElie SaintilienMedgine St-CyrLouise Claudia GraciaSara SauerInobert PierreMoise CompereAhmed ElnaiemDyemy DumerjusteLouise C IversPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2024)
Household food insecurity at tuberculosis treatment initiation was significantly associated with death or treatment failure after accounting for loss to follow-up, measured confounders, and nutritional status. In addition to the known importance of undernutrition, our findings indicate that food insecurity independently affects tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Haiti.