Table 1.

Smear positive patients: Gender comparison of cough in less or more than two weeks.

Positive smears	Cough duration		Total
	Two weeks or more	Less than two weeks
Overall*	250/1955 (12.8%)	21/240 (8.7%)	271/2195 (12.3%)
Males**	149/250 (59.6%)	14/21 (66.7%)	163/271 (60.1%)
Females**	101/250 (40.4%)	7/21 (33.3%)	108/271 (39.9%)

• *Pearson Chi-Square 3.2; df 1; p = 0.073

• **Pearson Chi-Square 90.1; df 1; p = 0.001

• Some totals do not add up to 2214 due to missing information for some variables.