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. 2011 Jul 5;6(7):e21836. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021836

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of 4304 patients with tuberculosis smear positive.a .

Category Subcategory Result
Age, median years (IQR) 42.00 (29.00–55.00)
Male sex, number (%) 3082 (71.60%)
Weight, median kg (IQR) 52.70 (48.00–58.00)
Education status, number (%) None/elementary school 1895 (44.03%)
Secondary school 2260 (52.51%)
College/higher 135 (3.14%)
missing 14 (0.32%)
Type of treatment, number (%) Primary treatment tuberculosis 3556 (82.62%)
Re-treatment tuberculosis 748 (17.38%)
HBsAg, number (%) Positive 469 (10.89%)
Negative 3613 (83.95%)
Unknown 222 (5.16%)
History of other diseases, number (%) Diabetes 51 (1.18%)
Liver diseaseb 17 (0.40%)
Biliary tract diseasec 6 (0.14%)
Nephropathy 17 (0.40%)
Gastroenteropathy 40 (0.93%)
Others 103 (2.40%)
a

Abbreviation used in table: IQR, inter quartile range.

b

Including hepatitis B/C, alcohol liver disease, hepatapostema, hepatic cyst, hepatocirrhosis and schistosomiasis.

c

Including cholecystitis and cholelithiasis.