Table 3. Characteristics of study TB cases.
Total | State | Region | Yangon | ||||||
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Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | ||
Study case | 322 | 65 | 149 | 108 | |||||
Sex | Male | 236 | 73 | 46 | 71 | 112 | 75 | 78 | 72 |
Female | 86 | 27 | 19 | 29 | 37 | 25 | 30 | 28 | |
Age group | 15‒24 | 24 | 7.5 | 5 | 7.7 | 6 | 4.0 | 13 | 12 |
25‒34 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 7.7 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 14 | |
35‒44 | 59 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 26 | 17 | 22 | 20 | |
45‒54 | 58 | 18 | 12 | 19 | 26 | 17 | 20 | 19 | |
55‒64 | 69 | 21 | 14 | 22 | 38 | 26 | 17 | 16 | |
65‒74 | 47 | 15 | 13 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 15 | |
75+ | 28 | 8.7 | 5 | 7.7 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 4.6 | |
Symptom | Cough ≥ 2 weeks | 45 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
Any TB-related symptom(s) | 153 | 48 | 34 | 52 | 69 | 46 | 50 | 46 | |
CXR | Field screening-positive | 321 | 99.7 | 64 | 99 | 149 | 100 | 108 | 100 |
Central screening-positive | 313 | 97 | 63 | 97 | 146 | 98 | 104 | 96 | |
Active TB by central reading | 267 | 83 | 57 | 88 | 118 | 79 | 92 | 85 | |
TB history | No TB treatment history | 305 | 95 | 62 | 95 | 145 | 97 | 98 | 91 |
Previously treated | 17 | 5.3 | 3 | 4.6 | 4 | 2.7 | 10 | 9.3 | |
Laboratory result | Smear-positive | 42 | 13 | 14 | 22 | 14 | 9.4 | 14 | 13 |
Culture M.tb-positive | 117 | 36 | 34 | 52 | 42 | 28 | 41 | 38 | |
Rifampicin-resistant | 10 | 3.1 | 3 | 4.6 | 3 | 2.0 | 4 | 3.7 | |
New case | 7 | 2.2 | 2 | 3.1 | 2 | 1.3 | 3 | 2.8 | |
Previously treated | 3 | 0.9 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.7 | 1 | 0.9 |
CXR–chest X-ray, Mtb–Mycobacterium tuberculosis.