Table 1. Demographic details of study participants.
| Study participants (n = 163) | TB cases NOT in clusters (n = 30) | TB cases in clusters (n = 43) | p value (clustered vs non clustered cases) | |
| Born in Kiribati | 163 (100%) | 30 (100%) | 43 (100%) | 1.01 |
| Ever lived overseas | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1.01 |
| Age in years [median(range)] | 29 (9–77) | 35 (14–75) | 32 (10–75) | 0.722 |
| Female gender | 73 (44.8%) | 18 (60%) | 12 (40%) | 0.461 |
| Live on South Tarawa (most populous area served by the study hospital) | 117 (71.8%) | 21 (70%) | 32 (74.4%) | 0.681 |
| Occupation | ||||
| Paid employment | 30 (18.4%) | 4 (13.3%) | 9 (20.9%) | 0.471 |
| Homemaker | 73 (44.8%) | 18 (60%) | 19 (44.2%) | |
| Student | 42 (25.8%) | 5 (16.7%) | 10 (23.3%) | |
| Fisherman | 12 (7.4%) | 2 (6.7%) | 1 (2.3%) | |
| Other | 6 (3.7%) | 1 (3.3%) | 4 (9.3%) | |
| Number of people in the home [median(range)] | 8 (1–60) | 8.5 (2–20) | 9 (3–60) | 0.242 |
| People per room at home [median(range)] | 4 (0.5–17) | 3.1 (0.8–14) | 5 (1.6–15) | 0.12 |
| Prior TB diagnosis? | 6 (3.7%) | 1 (3.3%) | 2 (4.7%) | 0.63 |
| Documented HIV test in medical file | 9 (5.5%)4 | 2 (6.6%) | 4 (9.4%) | 0.63 |
1
Chi square test.
2
Wilcoxon Rank Sum test.
3
Fisher's Exact test.
4
All available HIV serology was negative. In Kiribati, HIV testing is generally performed using the Determine HIV1/2 kit as an initial screening assay (Alere, Queensland, Australia).