Table 1.
HIV- positive |
HIV- negative |
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Symptoms | n | % | n | % | P value |
N | 873 | 1141 | |||
Cough >3 weeks | 841 | 96 | 1091 | 96 | 0.713 |
Duration of cough, mean, days | 99.22 | 112.81 | 0.001 | ||
Subjective fever | 651 | 75 | 737 | 65 | <0.001 |
Sweats | 582 | 67 | 669 | 59 | <0.001 |
Weight loss (subjective) | 705 | 81 | 823 | 72 | <0.001 |
Malaise | 159 | 18 | 150 | 13 | 0.002 |
Arthralgias | 146 | 17 | 133 | 12 | 0.001 |
Hemoptysis | 63 | 7 | 126 | 11 | 0.003 |
Loss of appetite | 574 | 66 | 544 | 48 | <0.001 |
Diarrhea | 59 | 7 | 29 | 3 | <0.001 |
Productive sputum | 813 | 93 | 1072 | 94 | 0.068 |
Signs | |||||
Temperature >37.5°C | 321 | 37 | 363 | 32 | 0.019 |
Abnormal chest examination | 630 | 72 | 898 | 79 | <0.001 |
Abnormal lymph node exam | 252 | 29 | 142 | 12 | <0.001 |
Oral thrush | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.031 |
AFB smear-positive | 734 | 84 | 1075 | 94 | <0.001 |
Chest X-ray | (n = 848) | (n = 1085) | |||
Normal X-ray | 71 | 8 | 26 | 2 | <0.001 |
Cavitary disease | 338 | 40 | 705 | 65 | <0.001 |
Miliary pattern | 35 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 0.004 |
Fibrosis | 42 | 5 | 102 | 9 | <0.001 |
Adenopathy | 62 | 7 | 21 | 2 | <0.001 |
Pleural effusion | 73 | 9 | 67 | 6 | 0.04 |
Upper lobe disease | 622 | 73 | 953 | 88 | <0.001 |
Lower lobe disease | 571 | 67 | 863 | 80 | <0.001 |
HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; AFB = acid-fast bacilli.