TABLE 2.
Comparison of demographics between records where contacts were documented (N = 747 complete records) with respect to identification or exclusion of contacts aged <5 years
| Infectious TB case characteristic | Contacts aged <5 years documented (n = 366) n (%) | ‘No contacts <5’ documented (n = 307) n (%) | Only contacts aged ≥5 years documented (n = 74) n (%) | P value |
| Age, years, mean [SD] | 32 [9.6] | 36 [12.7] | 33 [11.7] | <0.0001* |
| Male | 170 (46) | 189 (62) | 42 (57) | <0.0001 |
| HIV | 161 (44) | 129 (42) | 28 (38) | 0.601 |
| New TB | 260 (71) | 215 (70) | 58 (78) | 0.356 |
| Smear-positive | 276 (75) | 233 (76) | 56 (76) | 0.989 |
*
P value represents one-way ANOVA test. All other P values represent χ2 test. TB = tuberculosis; SD = standard deviation; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus.