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Background and Purpose—The aim of this study is to estimate the risk of ischemic stroke during a 3-year follow-up period after a tuberculosis diagnosis using a nationwide, population-based study and a retrospective cohort design.

Method—The study cohort comprised 2283 patients who had received treatment for tuberculosis, except tuberculosis of the meninges and central nervous system, between 2000 and 2003; 6849 randomly selected subjects comprised the comparison cohort. Cox proportional hazard regressions were performed as a means of comparing the 3-year ischemic stroke-free survival rate between these 2 cohorts.

Results—Of the 9132 sampled patients, 392 (4.3%) experienced ischemic stroke during the 3-year follow-up period, including 136 (6.0% of the tuberculosis patients) from the study cohort and 256 (3.7%) from the comparison cohort. After adjusting for patient age, gender …