Table 1.
Characteristics of patients with tuberculosis.
| Characteristics | Study population | |
|---|---|---|
| n = 1257 | (%) | |
| Year of diagnosis | ||
| 2002 | 200 | (15.9) |
| 2003 | 195 | (15.5) |
| 2004 | 198 | (15.8) |
| 2005 | 173 | (13.8) |
| 2006 | 179 | (14.3) |
| 2007 | 142 | (11.3) |
| 2008 | 169 | (13.5) |
| Age∗ | ||
| <40 years | 673 | (54.4) |
| >40 years | 565 | (45.6) |
| Gender | ||
| Female | 389 | (30.9) |
| Male | 868 | (69.1) |
| HIV coinfection | ||
| No | 1140 | (90.7) |
| Yes | 117 | (9.3) |
| Alcoholic | ||
| No | 1122 | (89.3) |
| Yes | 135 | (10.7) |
| Literacy | ||
| Yes | 943 | (75.0) |
| No | 314 | (25.0) |
| Treatment in the same city of residence | ||
| Yes | 1080 | (85.9) |
| No | 177 | (14.1) |
| Area | ||
| Countryside | 150 | (11.9) |
| Urban area | 1107 | (88.1) |
| Institutionalized patients | ||
| No | 1204 | (95.8) |
| Yes | 53 | (4.2) |
| Cigarette smoking | ||
| No | 1165 | (92.7) |
| Yes | 92 | (7.3) |
| Comorbidity | ||
| No | 1128 | (89.7) |
| Yes | 129 | (10.3) |
| Diabetes | 79 | (6.3) |
| Lung mycoses | 10 | (0.8) |
| Neoplasia | 9 | (0.7) |
| COPD | 9 | (0.7) |
| Pneumoconiosis | 5 | (0.4) |
| Extrapulmonary TB | ||
| No | 1020 | (81.1) |
| Yes | 237 | (18.9) |
| Pleural | 103 | (8.2) |
| Lymph node | 62 | (4.9) |
| Genitourinary | 8 | (0.6) |
| Bones | 12 | (1.0) |
| Ocular | 9 | (0.7) |
| Miliary | 16 | (1.3) |
| Meningitis | 6 | (0.5) |
| Cutaneous | 3 | (0.2) |
| Laryngeal | 4 | (0.3) |
| Others | 14 | (1.1) |
| Chest X-ray examination | ||
| Suspicious | 1093 | (87.0) |
| Normal | 121 | (9.6) |
| Other/not done | 43 | (3.4) |
| Tuberculin testing | ||
| Negative | 176 | (14) |
| Weakly positive | 29 | (2.3) |
| Strongly positive | 246 | (19.6) |
| Not done | 806 | (64.1) |
| Case definition | ||
| New case | 1071 | (85.2) |
| Treatment after relapse | 69 | (5.5) |
| Treatment after abandonment | 106 | (8.4) |
| Transferred-in cost | 11 | (0.9) |
∗Missing data in 19 patients.