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Trachoma and Relative Poverty: A Case-Control Study

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  • Esmael Habtamu
  • Tariku Wondie
  • Sintayehu Aweke
  • Zerihun Tadesse
  • Mulat Zerihun
  • Zebideru Zewdie
  • Kelly Callahan
  • Paul M Emerson
  • Hannah Kuper
  • Robin L Bailey
  • David C W Mabey
  • Saul N Rajak
  • Sarah Polack
  • Helen A Weiss
  • Matthew J Burton

Abstract

Background: Trachoma is widely considered a disease of poverty. Although there are many epidemiological studies linking trachoma to factors normally associated with poverty, formal quantitative data linking trachoma to household economic poverty within endemic communities is very limited. Methodology/Principal Findings: Two hundred people with trachomatous trichiasis were recruited through community-based screening in Amhara Region, Ethiopia. These were individually matched by age and gender to 200 controls without trichiasis, selected randomly from the same sub-village as the case. Household economic poverty was measured through (a) A broad set of asset-based wealth indicators and relative household economic poverty determined by principal component analysis (PCA, (b) Self-rated wealth, and (c) Peer-rated wealth. Activity participation data were collected using a modified ‘Stylised Activity List’ developed for the World Bank’s Living Standards Measurement Survey. Trichiasis cases were more likely to belong to poorer households by all measures: asset-based analysis (OR = 2.79; 95%CI: 2.06–3.78; p

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  • Esmael Habtamu & Tariku Wondie & Sintayehu Aweke & Zerihun Tadesse & Mulat Zerihun & Zebideru Zewdie & Kelly Callahan & Paul M Emerson & Hannah Kuper & Robin L Bailey & David C W Mabey & Saul N Rajak , 2015. "Trachoma and Relative Poverty: A Case-Control Study," PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(11), pages 1-20, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pntd00:0004228
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004228
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