Table 2. Associations of patient characteristics across the four main Mycobacterium tuberculosis lineages identified in Nepal.
| Patient characteristics | Total | Lineage 1 | Lineage 2 | Lineage 3 | Lineage 4 | P value |
| n (%) | (n = 30) | (n = 84) | (n = 106) | (n = 41) | ||
| Age, median (IQR), years | 31 (23–50) | 42 (24–50) | 30 (23.5–50.5) | 30 (23–45) | 38 (23–55) | 0.50 |
| Female sex | 79 (30.3) | 4 (13.3) | 35 (41.7) | 29 (27.4) | 11 (26.8) | 0.016 |
| Previously treated | 97 (37.2) | 8 (26.7) | 39 (46.4) | 35 (33.0) | 15 (36.6) | 0.15 |
| BCG vaccinated | 110 (42.2) | 13 (43.3) | 31 (36.9) | 46 (43.4) | 20 (48.8) | 0.62 |
| Any resistance | 50 (19.2) | 4 (13.3) | 26 (30.9) | 14 (13.2) | 6 (14.6) | 0.011 |
| MDR | 16 (6.1) | 0 | 9 (10.7) | 6 (5.7) | 1 (2.4) | 0.14 1 |
BCG, Bacille Calmette Guerin; IQR, Interquartile range; MDR, Multidrug-resistant.
1
Fisher’s exact test.