Table 1.
Sociodemographic, economic, clinical, and epidemiologic characteristics of indigenous and non-indigenous patients with TB in Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), Brazil between June 2009 and July 2011 (N = 109)
| Sociodemographic, economic, epidemiologic and clinical variables |
Indigenous |
Non-indigenous |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| n = 57 | n = 52 | ||
| Sex male |
31 (55%) |
34 (66%) |
0.07 |
| Age, mean ± SD |
30.29 ± 25.60 |
42.02 ± 37.58 |
<0.01
1
|
| Have a partner |
30 (53%) |
21 (40%) |
0.05 |
| No education |
42 (74%) |
14 (27%) |
<0.01 |
| Monthly income per capita (U.S. dollars), mean ± SD |
55.82 ± 61.67 |
226.8 ± 194.1 |
<0.01
1
|
| Social class (ABEP)2, mean ± SD |
5.03 ± 4.14 (E) |
14.06 ± 5.26 (C2) |
<0.01
1
|
| Works at the sugar cane factory |
9 (16%) |
0 (0%) |
<0.01 |
| Knows someone with TB |
30 (53%) |
14 (27%) |
<0.01 |
| Agglomeration3, mean ± SD |
2.23 ± 1.69 |
0.99 ± 1.67 |
<0.01
1
|
| Alcoholism |
4/53 (8%) |
10 (19%) |
0.03 |
| Smoking |
49 (86%) |
37 (71%) |
0.01 |
| Drug abuse |
4 (7%) |
11 (21%) |
0.04 |
| HIV positive |
0 (0%) |
6 (12%) |
0.06 |
| Pulmonary form of TB |
51 (90%) |
44 (85%) |
0.14 |
| Diagnostic |
|
|
|
| Smear positive |
48 (84%) |
40/48 (83%) |
0.98 |
| Smear negative and culture positive | 4/56 (7%) | 2/48 (4%) | 0.46 |
1Kruskal-Wallis Test.
2ABEP: Brazilian Association of Research Companies.
3Agglomeration: persons per room.