Table 1. Demographic and disease characteristics among Hmong refugees with tuberculosis, Thailand, February 2005*.

Characteristic	No. (%)
Total	272 (100)
Sex
F	112 (41.2)
M	160 (58.8)
Age, y
<15	21 (7.7)
15–64	153 (56.3)
>65	98 (36.0)
Culture results
Positive	57 (21.0)
Negative	185 (68.0)
Unknown	30 (11.0)
DST results
MDR TB	24 (8.8)
Other patterns	9 (3.3)
Pansusceptible	24 (8.8)
Smear results
Ever positive	34 (12.5)
Always negative	213 (78.3)
Unknown	25 (9.2)

*DST, Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug-susceptibility test results; MDR TB, multidrug-resistant tuberculosis.