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. 2013 Dec 21;3(4):294–298. doi: 10.5588/pha.13.0073

TABLE 2.

TB symptoms of pregnant women who were positive on TB symptom screen in western Kenya, 2010–2012

HIV-infected (n = 1488) n (%) Non-HIV-infected (n = 1461) n (%) P value
Symptom screen-positive 119 (8) 67 (5) <0.001
Symptoms
 Cough ≥2 weeks 43 (3) 21 (1) 0.014
 Coughed blood in the past year 2 (0.1) 1 (0.1) 0.779
 Fever ≥3 weeks 19 (1) 31 (2) 0.128
 Weight loss/failure to gain weight in the past year 19 (1) 18 (1) 0.037
 Past history of TB contact in the household 36 (2) 15 (1) 0.009
 Past history of TB diagnosis 40 (3) 0 <0.001

TB = tuberculosis; HIV = human immunodeficiency virus.