Tobacco Consumption Among HIV-Positive Respondents: Findings From the Third Round of the National Family Health Survey

Lall, Priya, Saifi, Rumana and Kamarulzaman, Adeeba (2016) Tobacco Consumption Among HIV-Positive Respondents: Findings From the Third Round of the National Family Health Survey. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 18 (12). pp. 2185-2193. ISSN 1462-2203

Full content URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr%2Fntw111

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Abstract

Introduction:
HIV-positive people are often more susceptible to illnesses associated with smoking, for example, cardiovascular disease, than those in the general population. The purpose of this article is to examine the association between tobacco use and HIV-status in India.

Methods:
This article analyzed data from the National Family Health Survey III, which provides a representative sample of the Indian population. Patterns in tobacco consumption among HIV-positive and negative respondents were assessed through logistic and ordinal regression models. Associations between smoking, asthma, and tuberculosis were examined through bivariate logistic regressions.

Results:
A greater percentage of male HIV-positive participants (68%) reported current tobacco use in comparison to male HIV-negative respondents (58%) and female HIV-positive (12%) and negative (11%) participants. Multivariable logistic regression analyses revealed that there was a positive correlation between male respondents’ HIV-status and their propensity to use tobacco (odds ratio [OR] = 1.48, confidence interval [CI] = 1.05–2.1, P < .05) when controlled for extraneous variables. Results from ordinal regression analyses illustrated that male HIV-positive respondents had a twofold increased OR of smoking 20 or more cigarettes (OR = 2.1, CI = 1.4–3.2, P < .005). Finally, there was a positive association between being HIV-infected (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 4.6, CI = 2.02–10.6, P < .005), smoking 15–19 cigarettes (AOR = 2.11, CI = 1.1–4.1, P < .05) and male participants’ TB-status.

Conclusions:
Results in this article suggest HIV-positive men in India were not only significantly more likely to consume tobacco, but they also smoked a higher number of cigarettes compared to their HIV-negative counterparts. This is a cause for concern as our analyses revealed a possible association between the number of cigarettes smoked and TB-status.

Implications:
This article contributes to knowledge on the intertwining epidemics of HIV and smoking through using cross-sectional data from the National Family Survey III to demonstrate that HIV-positive men in India display patterns of tobacco consumption which differs to that of HIV-negative men. These findings could have strong implications for long-term treatment of HIV-positive patients as smoking has been proven to increase the likelihood of contracting HIV-related illnesses.

Keywords:smoking, hiv, asthma, hiv seropositivity, india, tobacco, tuberculosis, family health, tobacco use, cigarettes
Subjects:B Subjects allied to Medicine > B990 Subjects Allied to Medicine not elsewhere classified
Divisions:College of Social Science
ID Code:43370
Deposited On:15 Dec 2020 15:41

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