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. 2012 Aug 24;7(8):e43739. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043739

Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients with active tuberculosis.

Patients with active tuberculosis (n = 807)
Pulmonary tuberculosis (n = 656) Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (n = 151)
HIV-infected HIV-uninfected HIV-unknown HIV-infected HIV-uninfected HIV-unknown
(n = 93)(n = 270)(n = 293)(n = 38)(n = 46)(n = 67)
Percentage
Disease Localization 71.0 85.4 81.4 29.0 14.6 18.6
Median Age (IQR) 35.0 34.0 30.0 36.0 30.0 28.0
Ratio M/F 4.8 2.3 2.3 5.3 1.7 1.0
Male prevalence 82.8 66.3 70.0 84.2 63.0 50.8
Diabetes 0.0 11.1 2.4 0.0 6.5 1.5
Poor Nutrition 0.0 1.1 10.9 0.0 0.0 4.5
Past TB 28.4(a) 15.2 21.4 26.5(c) 10.9 5.9
TB <2 years 13.4 6.0 9.2 11.8 4.4 4.4
TB 2 to10 years 14.9 7.1 9.2 14.7 4.4 1.5
TB>10 years 0.0 2.2 3.1 0.0 2.2 0.0
Contact with TB 12.9(b) 8.5 8.2 12.5(d) 19.6 6.0
a

26/93 patients have no record;

b

23/93 patients have no record;

c

4/38 patients have no record;

d

6/38 patients have no record.