Author/Year

Country

Study Design

Age/Gender

Population

Diagnostic Test

Prevalence

Associated Factors

Filipek-Czerska et al. [7]

Poland

Cross-sectional

20 - 57 years [M ± SD = 36.4 ± 7.9 years] male and female

84

QuantiFERON-TB Gold in Tube [QFT-GIT]

16.6% [14/84]

Chronic diseases [p = 0.0014]; Length of employment in the prison [p = 0.0010]

Arroyave et al. [8]

Colombia

cohort

20 - 41 years;

Masculino e feminino

155

Tuberculin Skin Test [TST]

48.4% [75/155]

Use of drugs at least once in life [PR: 1.75; 95% CI 1.42 - 2.15]; Gender male [PR: 2.16; IC 95% 1.01 - 4.62]

Nogueira et al. [9]

Brazil

Cross-sectional

18 - 60 or older;

Male and female

945

Tuberculin Skin Test [TST]

37.6% [356/945]

Contact with inmate [OR = 2.12, 95% CI 1.21 - 3.71]; Male gender [OR = 1.97, 95% CI 1.19 - 3.27]; Between 30 and 39 years [OR = 2.98, 95% CI 1.34 - 6.63]; 40 to 49 years [OR = 4.32, 95% CI 1.94 - 9.60]; 50 to 59 years [OR = 3.98, 95% CI 1.68 - 9.43]; Non-white ethnicity [OR = 1.89, 95% CI 1.29 - 2.78]; Smoker [OR = 1.64, 95% CI 1.05 - 2.55]

Bussato et al. [2017] [12]

Brazil

Cross-sectional

18 - 50 or older;

mean age of 38.6 years.

Male and female

114

Tuberculin Skin Test [TST]

27.9% [12/43]

Tuberculin test positivity and region [OR = 6.6 [1.3 - 50.9]; p < 0.05]. Length of employment in the prison [15.3 vs. 4.1 years] [p = 0.01]

Al-Darraji et al. [11]

Malaysia

Cross-sectional

21 e 64 years

[mea age of 30 years, IQR 26 - 42];

Male and female

420

Tuberculin Skin Test [TST]

81% [340/420]

Smoking [Adjusted OR [95% CI] - 1.94 [1.17 to 3.22]; p = 0.01] Length of employment in the prison [≥12 months] [Adjusted OR [95% CI] - 4.95 [1.54 to 15.93]; p = 0.007]