Table 1.
Demographic, clinical and TB case details
| Variable | Good adherence N = 21 (%) |
Poor adherence N = 61 (%) |
P-value* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||
| Male | 11 (52) | 29 (48) | 0.70 |
| Female | 10 (48) | 32 (52) | |
| BCG Scar | |||
| Yes | 17 (81) | 46 (75) | 0.41 |
| No | 3 (14) | 7 (11) | |
| Unknown | 1 (5) | 8 (16) | |
| LTBI at baseline | |||
| Positive | 3 (14) | 9 (15) | 0.96 |
| Negative | 18 (86) | 52 (85) | |
| Relationship to TB case | |||
| Child | 16 (76) | 43 (70) | 0.62 |
| Other | 5 (24) | 18 (30) | |
| Sputum smear positivity of contact | |||
| 3 plus | 8 (38) | 19 (31) | 0.79 |
| 2 plus | 5 (24) | 15 (25) | |
| 1 plus | 4 (19) | 19 (31) | |
| Scanty | 4 (19) | 8 (13) | |
*Trends calculated by an extension of the Wilcoxon rank-sum test