TABLE 5.
Demographic and medical characteristics of 119 patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in relation to infection with M. tuberculosis strains belonging to the Beijing genotype
| Characteristic | Resulta in the presence of infection with strains of the following genotype:
|
OR (95% CI) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beijing (n = 53) | Non-Beijing (n = 66) | |||
| Mean age (yrs) | 37.8 | 39.9 | 0.8 | 0.36 |
| Male | 39 (73.6) | 50 (75.8) | 1.1 (0.5-2.8) | 0.78 |
| Smoking habit | 44 (83.0) | 48 (72.7) | 1.8 (0.7-5.0) | 0.18 |
| Alcohol abuse | 30 (56.6) | 24 (36.4) | 2.3 (1.0-5.2) | 0.03 |
| Having been in prison | 18 (34.0) | 18 (27.3) | 1.4 (0.6-3.3) | 0.42 |
| Body mass index | 21.3 | 21.2 | 0.1 | 0.95 |
| Diabetes | 4 (7.5) | 3 (4.5) | 1.7 (0.3-10.4) | 0.38 |
| COPD | 18 (34.0) | 9 (13.6) | 3.3 (1.2-9.0) | 0.01 |
| Previous TB treatment | 17 (32.1) | 13 (19.7) | 1.9 (0.8-4.9) | 0.12 |
| Contact with another TB patient | 15 (28.3) | 28 (42.4) | 0.5 (0.2-1.3) | 0.11 |
| Interruption of present TB treatment | 20 (37.7) | 16 (24.2) | 2.0 (0.8-4.7) | 0.09 |
a
Reported as number (percent) of patients, unless otherwise indicated.