Table 1.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Non Pulmonary Tuberculosis | ||||||
Clinical and Demographic Characteristics* | N | % | N | % | OR | 95%CI | p value |
Age | |||||||
≤ 25 | 50 | 19.2 | 28 | 10.0 | 4.17 | 2.14–8.10 | <0.01 |
26–60 | 186 | 71.5 | 195 | 69.9 | 2.23 | 1.32–3.74 | <0.01 |
> 60 | 24 | 9.2 | 56 | 20.1 | 1.00 | - | - |
Sex | |||||||
Male | 171 | 63.3 | 183 | 65.1 | 1.00 | - | - |
Female | 99 | 36.7 | 98 | 34.9 | 1.08 | 0.76–1.53 | 0.66 |
Origin | |||||||
Primary Health Care Unit | 192 | 71. 6 | 151 | 53.7 | 1.00 | - | - |
Tertiary Health Care Unit | 76 | 28.4 | 130 | 46.3 | 0.46 | 0.32–0.66 | <0.01 |
Previous PT | |||||||
Yes | 65 | 24.3 | 78 | 27.8 | 0.84 | 0.57–1.23 | 0.36 |
No | 202 | 75.7 | 203 | 72.3 | 1.00 | - | - |
Diabetes Mellitus | |||||||
Yes | 18 | 6.9 | 20 | 7.2 | 0.96 | 0.49–1.85 | 0.89 |
No | 243 | 93.1 | 258 | 92.8 | 1.00 | - | - |
Alcohol abuse | |||||||
Yes | 51 | 19.0 | 62 | 22.1 | 0.83 | 0.55–1.25 | 0.37 |
No | 217 | 81.0 | 218 | 77.9 | 1.00 | - | - |
Close Contact with PT | |||||||
Yes | 121 | 45.2 | 112 | 40.0 | 1.24 | 0.88–1.73 | 0.22 |
No | 147 | 54.9 | 168 | 60.0 | 1.00 | - | - |
Smoking | |||||||
Yes | 114 | 42.2 | 152 | 54.1 | 0.62 | 0.44–0.87 | <0.01 |
No | 156 | 57.8 | 129 | 45.9 | 1.00 | - | - |
HIV + | |||||||
Yes | 57 | 40.7 | 70 | 41.4 | 0.97 | 0.62–1.53 | 0.90 |
No | 83 | 59.3 | 99 | 58.6 | 1.00 | - | - |
AIDS (Caracas Criteria) | |||||||
Yes | 32 | 15.3 | 29 | 12.8 | 1.32 | 0.77–2.27 | 0.31 |
No | 176 | 84.6 | 211 | 87.9 | 1.00 | - | - |
* The number of subjects may vary because of missing values