Table 2. Characteristics of patients eligible for a comprehensive programme to treat drug-resistant tuberculosis, China, 2011–2012.
| Characteristic | No. (%) |
Pa | No. (%) |
Pb | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eligible (n = 243) | Enrolled (n = 172) | Surveyed (n = 73) | |||
| Age, years | |||||
| 15–24 | 26 (11) | 22 (13) | 0.22 | 8 (11) | 0.25 |
| 25–34 | 31 (13) | 21 (12) | 8 (11) | ||
| 35–44 | 46 (19) | 30 (17) | 12 (16) | ||
| 45–54 | 62 (26) | 49 (28) | 22 (30) | ||
| ≥ 54 | 77 (32) | 50 (29) | 23 (32) | ||
| Unknown | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 176 (72) | 128 (74) | 0.17 | 57 (78) | 0.86 |
| Female | 67 (28) | 44 (26) | 16 (22) | ||
| Insurance | |||||
| Urban workers | 18 (7) | 12 (7) | 0.44 | 6 (8) | 0.34 |
| Urban residents | 23 (9) | 19 (11) | 7 (10) | ||
| Rural | 135 (56) | 110 (64) | 52 (71) | ||
| Other | 6 (2) | 6 (3) | 3 (4) | ||
| None | 27 (11) | 25 (15) | 5 (7) | ||
| Unknown | 34 (14) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
| Employment status | |||||
| Employed | 45 (19) | 28 (16) | 0.00 | 9 (12) | 0.01 |
| Unemployed | 170 (70) | 143 (83) | 63 (86) | ||
| Unknown | 28 (12) | 1 (0.6) | 1 (1) | ||
| Household income per capita, yuanc | |||||
| 0 to 2300 | 17 (7) | 15 (9) | 0.15 | 6 (8) | 0.49 |
| 2300 to 5000 | 78 (32) | 66 (38) | 28 (38) | ||
| 5000 to 10 000 | 35 (14) | 31 (18) | 14 (19) | ||
| > 10 000 | 74 (30) | 57 (33) | 22 (30) | ||
| Unknown | 39 (16) | 3 (2) | 3 (4) | ||
| HIV statusd | |||||
| Negative | 243 (100) | 172 (100) | 0.90 | 73 (100) | 0.90 |
| Positive | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||
| Patient category | |||||
| New | 67 (28) | 37 (22) | 0.24 | 11 (15) | 0.52 |
| Relapse | 69 (28) | 53 (31) | 21 (29) | ||
| Initial treatment failure | 16 (7) | 11 (6) | 5 (7) | ||
| Retreatment failure/chronic case | 77 (32) | 59 (34) | 31 (42) | ||
| Other | 14 (6) | 12 (7) | 5 (7) | ||
HIV: human immunodeficiency virus.
a For enrolled versus not enrolled, from χ2 tests – or t-tests for the continuous age and income variables – with clustering based on the four study areas.
b For surveyed versus not surveyed, from χ2 tests – or t-tests for the continuous age and income variables – with clustering based on the four study areas.
c For the 12 months before the patient’s diagnosis.
d Self-reported.
Notes: Inconsistencies arise in some values due to rounding. The conversion rate was 1.0 United States dollars to 6.5 Chinese yuan for 2011.