Table 1.

Patient characteristics associated with LTBI treatment adherence.

Characteristics	Adherence
	Non adherent N = 85(%)	Adequate N = 217(%)	p-value
Gender
Male	58 (68)	113 (52)	0.01
Female	27 (32)	104 (48)
Age in years
15–30	35 (41)	78 (36)
31–45	39 (46)	97 (45)	0.4
> 45	11 (13)	42 (19)
Mean age (± S.D.)	35 (± 10)	36 (± 11)	0.8
Region of origin
Canadian born	11 (13)	26 (12)	0.8
Foreign born	74 (87)	191 (88)
Africa	21 (25)	58 (27)
Asia	33 (39)	85 (39)
Europe	4 (5)	16 (8)
Latin America	16 (18)	30 (14)
Smoking status
Current smoker	25 (29)	40 (18)	0.04
Non/ex-smoker	60 (71)	177 (82)
Nicotine dependence*†
< 6	10 (77)	15 (88)	0.6
≥ 6	3 (23)	2 (12)

*: Modified Fagerström test scores among smokers only † n = 30

SD: Standard deviation