Table 2.
Steps and time to diagnosis by patients’ clinical characteristics
| Characteristics | Total number of patients | Steps to diagnosis (Median, IQR) | P-value | Days to diagnosis (Median, IQR) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 294 | 4 (3,7) | 70 (28,140) | ||
| TB treatment category | |||||
| New | 224 | 5 (3,8) | 84 (42,168) | ||
| Retreatment | 70 | 3 (3,4) | <0.0001a | 46 (26,84) | <0.0001a |
| HIV Status | |||||
| Positive | 96 | 4 (3,6) | 17 (6,60) | ||
| Negative | 184 | 4 (3,8) | 42 (16,118) | ||
| Unknown | 14 | 5 (4,7) | 0.081b | 59 (20,90) | 0.0004b |
aWilcoxon Rank-sum test: p-value for comparison of two-sample medians
bKruskal-Wallis rank test p-value for comparison of two or more sample medians