TABLE 1.
Characteristics of the 176 clustered and nonclustered patients with tuberculosis from Belgrade
| Characteristic | No. (%) of patients
|
P valuea | P valueb | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clustered (n = 55) | Nonclustered (n = 121) | Total (n = 176) | |||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 32 (58.2) | 88 (72.7) | 120 (68.2) | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| Female | 23 (41.8) | 33 (27.3) | 56 (31.8) | ||
| Median age (yr) | 43.4 | 45.4 | 44.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| Refugee | |||||
| Yes | 1 (1.8) | 4 (3.3) | 5 (2.9) | ||
| No | 48 (87.3) | 102 (84.3) | 150 (85.2) | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Unknown | 6 (10.9) | 15 (12.4) | 21 (11.9) | ||
| Sputum smear | |||||
| Positive | 36 (65.4) | 75 (62.0) | 111 (63.1) | ||
| Negative | 10 (18.2) | 22 (18.2) | 32 (18.2) | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Unknown | 9 (16.4) | 24 (19.8) | 33 (18.7) | ||
a
Results of univariate analysis.
b
Results of multivariate analysis.