Table 1.
Demographics characteristics of the study population (n = 5580).
| Evaluated (n = 4842)
|
Not evaluated (n = 738)
|
p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | (%) | Frequency | (%) | ||
| Age at cohort baseline | |||||
| Under 18 years old | 2001 | (41.3) | 224 | (30.4) | <0.01 |
| 18 Years old | 920 | (19.0) | 181 | (24.5) | |
| Between 18 and 21 years old | 867 | (17.9) | 187 | (25.3) | |
| 21 Years old or more | 1054 | (21.8) | 146 | (19.8) | |
| Male | 1516 | (31.3) | 264 | (35.8) | 0.02 |
| Body mass index at cohort baseline | |||||
| Underweight | 321 | (6.6) | 25 | (3.4) | <0.01 |
| Normal | 3566 | (73.7) | 511 | (69.2) | |
| Overweight/obesity | 955 | (19.7) | 202 | (27.4) | |
| Background | |||||
| TB contact history at cohort baseline | 204 | (4.2) | 89 | (12.1) | <0.01 |
| Career | |||||
| Health administration, science and education | 848 | (17.5) | 144 | (19.5) | <0.01 |
| Veterinary | 393 | (8.1) | 19 | (2.6) | |
| Dentistry | 663 | (13.7) | 62 | (8.4) | |
| Nursing | 789 | (16.3) | 98 | (13.3) | |
| Medical technology | 1012 | (20.9) | 198 | (26.8) | |
| Medicine | 1137 | (23.5) | 217 | (29.4) | |