Time from arrival in Chile to tuberculosis diagnosis in migrants treated at primary care centers in two Metropolitan Region municipalities, Chile

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Published on 6 de agosto de 2025 | http://doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2025.07.3088

Time from arrival in Chile to tuberculosis diagnosis in migrants treated at primary care centers in two Metropolitan Region municipalities, Chile

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Time elapsed from entry into the country to date of TB diagnosis.

Subgroup	Min	Max	Mean	SD	P50	IQR	HR (95% CI)¹	P value
1 Traditional migration with Chilean identity document	22.1	248	137.3	72.4	128.2	114.5	1
2 Traditional migration without a Chilean identity document	46.4	143.9	95.2	68.9	95.2	97.5	1.4 (0.3 to 6.9)	0.61
3 Recent migration with Chilean identity document	20.9	132	57.9	37.8	43.2	39.4	2.4 (1.2 to 4.5)	0.009
4 Recent migration without Chilean identity document	0.4	23.5	10.5	8.5	10.1	12.2	13.1 (5.5 to 30.9)	0.001
Total	0.4	284	106.3	76.6	93.5	117.1

50^th percentile. TB, tuberculosis. CI, confidence interval.SD, standard deviation; IQR, interquartile range; P50, HR, hazard ratio.

Notes: ¹Used only for comparison between subgroups.

Notes: Description in months according to migration subgroups.

Source: Prepared by the authors from the results of the study.