Table 1. Characteristics of patients with smear-positive/culture-positive pulmonary tuberculosis (n = 504).
Number | % | ||
Age (years old) (median, IQR) | (38.8, | 29.2–50.8) | |
Sex | Male | 399 | 79.2 |
Female | 105 | 20.8 | |
Body mass index | <16.0 | 77 | 15.3 |
16.0–18.4 | 206 | 40.9 | |
18.5–24.9 | 218 | 43.2 | |
≥25.0 | 3 | 0.6 | |
Smoking habit | Smoker | 199 | 39.5 |
Ex-smoker | 136 | 27.0 | |
Non-smoker | 168 | 33.3 | |
No answer | 1 | 0.2 | |
Underlying disease other than HIV* | None | 435 | 86.3 |
One | 61 | 12.1 | |
More than one | 8 | 1.6 | |
HIV status | Positive | 44 | 8.7 |
Negative | 459 | 91.1 | |
Not available | 1 | 0.2 | |
Lymphocyte count | ≥1,000/mm3 | 442 | 87.7 |
<1,000/mm3 | 60 | 11.9 | |
Not available | 2 | 0.4 |
IQR: inter-quartile range, HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; TB: Tuberculosis;
*Includes diabetes mellitus, gastrectomy, gastric ulcer, renal failure and gout (hyperuricemia).