Table 2.
Comparison of smear positive TB patients with cough duration according to diagnostic centre
| Cough duration | |||||
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Two weeks or more N = 1973 |
Less than two weeks N = 241 |
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| Area of diagnosis | Patients with cough | Proportion of smear +ve patients among coughers % (n/N) | Proportion of Patients with cough | Proportion of smear +ve patients among coughers % (n/N) | P values ¥ |
| Municipal Hospitals | |||||
| Mwananyamala | 682 | 14.8 (101/682) | 65 | 10.8 (7/65) | 0.376 |
| Amana | 312 | 21.2 (66/312) | 27 | 11.1 (3/27) | 0.214 |
| Temeke | 457 | 9.4 (43/457) | 39 | 17.9 (7/39) | 0.155 |
| *Hospitals Total | 1451 | 14.5 (210/1451) | 131 | 13 (17/131) | 0.640 |
| Health Centres | |||||
| Magomeni | 207 | 10.1 (21/207) | 72 | 5.6 (4/72) | 0.240 |
| Tabata | 80 | 1.3 (1/80) | 15 | 0 | |
| Zakiem | 235 | 7.7 (18/235) | 23 | 0 | |
| *Health Centres Total | 522 | 7.7 (40/522) | 110 | 3.6 (4/110) | 0.132 |
• *Pearson Chi-Square = 38.8; p = 0.001.