Table 2.

Symptoms and disease past history of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients

Characteristic	HIV Positive N = 168 % (n)	HIV Negative N = 330 % (n)	p-value
Cough
Yes	98.2 (165)	98.5 (325)	0.82
No	1.8(3)	1.5(5)
Chest pain
Yes	69.6 (117)	72.7 (240)	0.47
No	30.4 (51)	27.3 (90)
Fever
Yes	73.8 (124)	68.2(225)	0.20
No	26.2 (44)	31.8(105)
Night sweats
Yes	61.9 (104)	68.2 (225)	0.16
No	38.1 (64)	31.8 (105)
Loss of weight
Yes	88.1 (148)	85.8 (283)	0.47
No	11.9 (20)	14.2 (47)
Past history of TB
Yes	13.7 (23)	8.5(28)	0.07
No	86.3 (145)	91.5 (302)
Past history of anti-TB
Yes	23.2 (39)	10.9 (36)	< 0.001
No	76.8 (129)	89.1 (294)
Family member with TB
Yes	16.1 (27)	18.2 (60)	0.56
No	83.9 (141)	81.8 (270)