Table 3.
Characteristics of participants by culture results of TB detection
| Positive (N=235) |
Non-positivea) (N=65) |
P-valueb) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | % | |||
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 137 | (58.3) | 35 | (53.9) | 0.52 | |
| Female | 98 | (41.7) | 30 | (46.2) | ||
| Age group (years) | ||||||
| –19 | 25 | (10.6) | 11 | (16.9) | 0.21 | |
| 20–29 | 66 | (28.1) | 21 | (32.3) | ||
| 30–39 | 53 | (22.6) | 14 | (21.5) | ||
| 40–49 | 44 | (18.7) | 5 | (7.7) | ||
| 50– | 47 | (20.0) | 14 | (21.5) | ||
| Data collection site | ||||||
| NRL | 87 | (37.0) | 47 | (72.3) | <0.01 | |
| BCTBC | 104 | (44.3) | 7 | (10.8) | ||
| OICTBH | 23 | (9.8) | 7 | (10.8) | ||
| CRTBC | 21 | (8.9) | 4 | (6.2) | ||
| Previous TB history | ||||||
| Previously treated | 59 | (25.1) | 15 | (23.1) | 0.74 | |
| New | 176 | (74.9) | 50 | (76.9) | ||
NRL=National Reference Laboratory; BCTBC=Bishkek City TB Center; OICTBH=Osh Interregional Child TB Hospital; CRTBC=Chui Regional TB Center
a) including 9 contaminated cases; b) chi-squared test