Table 2.
Characteristics of patients infected by different sublineages of the Beijing strains
| Groups … | 105 (n = 24) | 207 (n = 32) | 181 (n = 151) | 150 (n = 10) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | |||||
| Sex | |||||
| Female (n = 88) | 9 | 9 | 66 | 4 | |
| Male (n = 129) | 15 | 23 | 85 | 6 | P = 0·429 |
| Treated cases and new cases | |||||
| New cases | 7 | 12 | 52 | 3 | |
| Retreated cases | 17 | 20 | 99 | 7 | P = 0·917 |
| Age (years) | |||||
| 0–24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 1 | |
| 25–44 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 4 | |
| 45–64 | 10 | 13 | 46 | 3 | |
| ⩾65 | 4 | 7 | 47 | 2 | P = 0·788* |
| Occupation | |||||
| Farmer (n = 186) | 24 | 22 | 134 | 6 | 85·71% |
| Worker (n = 19) | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 8·76% |
| Administrator (n = 4) | 1 | 3 | 1·84% | ||
| Student (n = 7) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3·23% | |
| Teacher (n = 1) | 1 | 0·5% | |||
| Beijing/W lineage strains (n = 217) | non-Beijing/W lineage strains (n = 162) | ||||
| Males (n = 129) | Females (n = 88) | Males (n = 92) | Females (n = 70) | P = 0·604 | |
| New TB cases (n = 74) | Re-treated cases (n = 143) | New TB cases (n = 68) | Re-treated cases (n = 94) | P = 0·117 | |
*
Value by Fisher's exact test.