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. 2015 Feb;77(1-2):41–49.

Table 2.

Characteristics of participants by previous TB history among initial and selected participants with culture results

Initial participants (N=3,714) P-valuea) Selected participants (N=300) P-valuea)
Previously treated
(N=640)
New
(N=3,074)
Previously treated
(N=74)
New
(N=226)
n (%) n % n (%) n %
Gender
Male 418 (65.3) 1,665 (54.2) <0.01 52 (70.3) 120 (53.1) 0.01
Female 222 (34.7) 1,409 (45.8) 22 (29.7) 106 (46.9)
Age group (years)
–19 42 (6.6) 370 (12.0) <0.01 3 (4.1) 33 (14.6) 0.05
20–29 160 (25.0) 850 (27.7) 21 (28.4) 66 (29.2)
30–39 144 (22.5) 578 (18.8) 18 (24.3) 49 (21.7)
40–49 140 (21.9) 436 (14.2) 18 (24.3) 31 (13.7)
50– 154 (24.1) 840 (27.3) 14 (18.9) 47 (20.8)
Data collection site
NRL 260 (40.6) 928 (30.2) <0.01 27 (36.5) 107 (47.3) 0.07
BCTBC 172 (26.9) 945 (30.7) 28 (37.8) 83 (36.7)
OICTBH 103 (16.1) 905 (29.4) 13 (17.6) 17 (7.5)
CRTBC 105 (16.4) 296 (9.6) 6 (8.1) 19 (8.4)
TB detection (microscopy)
Positive 235 (36.8) 574 (18.7) <0.01 49 (66.2) 133 (58.9) 0.26
Negative 404 (63.2) 2,499 (81.3) 25 (33.8) 93 (41.1)
TB detection (culture)
Positive NA NA 59 (79.7) 176 (77.9) 0.94
Negative NA NA 13 (17.6) 43 (19.0)
Contamination NA NA 2 (2.7) 7 (3.0)
Rifampicin susceptibilityb)
Resistant NA NA 35 (59.3) 75 (42.6) 0.03
Sensitive NA NA 24 (40.7) 101 (57.4)

NRL=National Reference Laboratory; BCTBC=Bishkek City TB Center; OICTBH=Osh Interregional Child TB Hospital; CRTBC=Chui Regional TB Center a) chi-squared test; b) based on culture susceptibility testing, N=235