Table 1. Demographic and clinic characteristics of patients and drug-resistant patterns at diagnosis in Deqing and Guanyun.

Variables	Deqing (n = 164)		Guanyun (n = 187)		χ2	p
	No.	%	No.	%
Male (sex)	109	66.5	128	68.4	0.157	0.69
Age (mean±SD)	48.44±18.96		48.20±19.76		0.045a	0.83
Cavity	22	13.4	33	17.6	1.184	0.28
Smear positive	110	67.1	129	69.0	0.147	0.70
BMI value (mean±SD)	18.33±2.62		18.90±3.00		3.579a	0.06
Previously treated	42	25.6	51	27.3	0.124	0.73
Drug-resistant pattern at diagnosis
Pan-drug sensitive	63	38.4	65	34.8	4.089	0.13
MDR-TB	18	11.0	35	18.7
Other drug-resistance	83	50.6	87	46.5

^aF value for ANOVA test.