Table 3.
Distribution of PTB and risk factors among study population of Metehara sugar factory hospital (MSFH) from March 25 to April 15, 2011
| Contact history with chronic coughers (TB infected patients) |
Sputum examination | ||||
| Positive (%) | Negative (%) | Total | % | p-value | |
| Yes | 7(41.2) | 10(58.8) | 17 | 15.0 | p=0.001 |
| No | 9(9.4) | 87(90.6) | 96 | 85.0 | |
| Total | 16(14.2) | 97(85.8) | 113 | 100 | |
| Past history of PTB+ | |||||
| Yes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2.7 | p=0.334 |
| No | 15(13.6) | 95(86.4) | 110 | 97.3 | |
| Total | 16(14.2) | 97(84) | 113 | 100 | |
| Smoking | |||||
| Smoker | 4(33.3) | 8(66.7) | 12 | 10.7 | p=0.004 |
| Non-smoker | 12(11.9) | 89(88.1) | 101 | 89.3 | |
| Total | 16(14.2) | 97(85.8) | 113 | 100 | |
| Alcoholism | |||||
| Yes | 6(28.6) | 15(71.4) | 21 | 18.6 | p=0.036 |
| No | 10(10.9 | 82(89.1) | 92 | 81.4 | |
| Total | 16(14.2) | 97(85.8) | 113 | 100 | |