Table 1.
Proportion of LRTI among 317 presumptive TB patients who submitted a good quality sputum specimen.
| Culture results |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Total, N | Positive, N (%) | Negative, N (%) | P value |
| Overall | 317 | 126 (39.8) | 191 (60.2) | |
| Age | ||||
| <17 | 17 | 6 (35.3) | 11 (64.7) | 0.792 |
| 18–40 | 154 | 58 (37.6) | 96 (62.3) | |
| 41–60 | 129 | 54 (41.9) | 75 (58.1) | |
| >60 | 17 | 8 (47.1) | 9 (52.9) | |
| Sex | ||||
| Female | 85 | 41 (48.2) | 44 (51.8) | 0.062 |
| Male | 232 | 85 (36.6) | 147 (63.4) | |
| Residence | ||||
| Ilala | 106 | 40 (37.7) | 66 (62.3) | 0.656 |
| Temeke | 46 | 21 (45.7) | 25 (54.4) | |
| Kinondoni | 44 | 15 (34.1) | 29 (65.9) | |
| Ubungo | 32 | 11 (34.4) | 21 (65.6) | |
| Othersa | 89 | 39 (43.8) | 50 (56.2) | |
| Health facility | ||||
| MNH | 285 | 118 (41.4) | 167 (58.6) | 0.072 |
| IDC | 32 | 8 (25.0) | 24 (75.0) | |
aParticipants from outside Dar es Salaam, MNH Muhimbili National Hospital; IDC Infectious Disease Clinic.