Table 2. Clinical features of 96 pediatric TB suspects.
| Characteristic | Total population N = 96 | Confirmed TB N = 35 | Probable TB N = 43 | TB unlikely N = 18 |
| History of illness | P = 0.89 | |||
| Median days (IQR) | 20 (14–30) | 15 (12–30) | 20 (14–30) | 24.5 (10–30) |
| Cough | P = 0.02565 (67.7) | P1 = 0.0327 (77.1) | P2 = 0.0323 (53.5) | P3 = 0.5915 (83.3) |
| Fever | P = 0.3677 (80.2) | 27 (77.1) | 37 (86.1) | 13 (72.2) |
| Nightsweat | P = 0.6333 (34.4) | 11 (31.4) | 17 (39.5) | 5 (27.8) |
| Weightloss | P = 0.3744 (45.8) | 15 (42.9) | 18 (41.9) | 11 (61.1) |
| Failure to thrive | P = 0.4818 (18.7) | 5 (14.3) | 8 (18.6) | 5 (27.8) |
| Lymphadenopathy | P = 0.3814 (14.6) | 7 (20.0) | 4 (9.3) | 3 (16.7) |
| Chest X-ray suspected of TB | P = 0.025 | P1 = 0.005 | P2 = 0.08 | P3 = 0.59 |
| Yes | 72 (75.0) | 31 (88.6) | 26 (60.5) | 15 (83.3) |
| No | 20 (20.8) | 3 (8.6) | 15 (34.9) | 2 (11.1) |
| Unknown | 4 (4.2) | 1 (2.9) | 2 (4.6) | 1 (5.6) |
| Radiological description (for chest X-ray suspected of TB only) | ||||
| Cavity | 13 (18.1) | 10 (32.3) | 1 (3.9) | 2 (13.3) |
| Miliary | 3 (4.2) | 1 (3.2) | 1 (3.9) | 1 (6.7) |
| Infiltrate | 28 (38.9) | 7 (22.6) | 14 (53.9) | 7 (46.7) |
| Nodular lesion | 9 (12.5) | 5 (16.1) | 2 (7.7) | 2 (13.3) |
| Instertitial infiltration | 1 (1.4) | 1 (3.2) | 0 | 0 |
| Shadowing | 12 (16.7) | 5 (16.1) | 4 (15.4) | 3 (20.0) |
| Hillar enlargement | 4 (5.6) | 2 (6.5) | 2 (7.7) | 0 |
| No description | 2 (2.8) | 0 | 2 (7.7) | 0 |
Summary measure is n (%) for all categorical characteristics.
P value for comparison of all three groups. If P<0.05, P1, P2, P3 will be calculated.
P1: for comparison between confirmed TB and probable TB; P2: for between probable TB and TB unlikely and P3: for between TB unlikely and confirmed TB.