Table 2. Demographic characteristics and HIV-status in patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis and new smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis, Bénin, 2011.
Characteristics | EPTB (%) | NPTB (%) | p(value) | |
Sex | Male | 216 (56.4) | 2158 (64.8) | 0.001 |
Female | 167 (43.6) | 1173 (35.2) | 0.001 | |
Age (years) | 00–14 | 62 (16.2) | 62 (1.9) | <0.001 |
15–24 | 62 (16.2) | 608 (18.3) | NS | |
25–34 | 75 (19.6) | 1035 (31.1) | <0.001 | |
35–44 | 64 (16.7) | 743 (22.3) | 0.01 | |
45–54 | 58 (15.1) | 472 (14.2) | NS | |
55–64 | 36 (9.4) | 252 (7.6) | NS | |
≥65 | 26 (6.8) | 159 (4.8) | NS | |
HIV-status | Positive | 72 (18.8) | 449 (13.5) | 0.005 |
Negative or unknown | 312 (81.5) | 2882 (86.5) | 0.005 | |
Total | 383 | 3331 |
Note: EPTB: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, NPTB: New smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis; TB: Tuberculosis.