Table 1. Participant characteristics at prospective sites, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa (n = 164).
| TOTAL (n = 164) n (%) | Vryheid (n = 82) n (%) | Nkonjeni (n = 82) n (%) | p-value* | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 68 (41.5) | 31 (37.8) | 37 (45.1) | 0.34 | |
| Male | 96 (58.5) | 51 (62.2) | 45 (54.9) | ||
| Age (years) | |||||
| 18–24 | 29 (17.7) | 12 (14.6) | 17 (20.7) | 0.55 | |
| 25–34 | 63 (38.4) | 31 (37.8) | 32 (39.0) | ||
| 35–44 | 45 (27.4) | 27 (32.9) | 18 (22.0) | ||
| 45–54 | 20 (12.2) | 9 (11.0) | 11 (13.4) | ||
| 55+ | 7 (4.3) | 3 (3.7) | 4 (4.9) | ||
| Smear grade | |||||
| Scanty | 18 (11.0) | 10 (12.2) | 8 (9.8) | <0.01 | |
| 1+ | 60 (36.6) | 18 (22.0) | 42 (51.2) | ||
| 2+ | 36 (22.0) | 12 (14.6) | 24 (29.3) | ||
| 3+ | 50 (30.5) | 42 (51.2) | 8 (9.8) | ||
| HIV status** | |||||
| Negative | 47 (32.6) | 25 (32.5) | 22 (32.8) | 0.38 | |
| Positive | 82 (56.9) | 37 (48.1) | 45 (67.2) | ||
| Don’t know | 5 (3.5) | 5 (6.5) | 0 | ||
| Don’t want to disclose | 10 (6.9) | 10 (13.0) | 0 | ||
| Ever served time in prison | |||||
| No | 132 (80.5) | 66 (80.5) | 66 (80.5) | 1.00 | |
| Yes | 32 (19.5) | 16 (19.5) | 16 (19.5) | ||
| Been admitted to hospital in the last year | |||||
| No | 135 (82.3) | 64 (78.0) | 71 (86.6) | 0.15 | |
| Yes | 29 (17.7) | 18 (22.0) | 11 (13.4) | ||
| Ever worked in a mine | |||||
| No | 147 (89.6) | 74 (90.2) | 73 (89.0) | 0.80 | |
| Yes | 17 (10.4) | 8 (9.8) | 9 (11.0) | ||
| Lived in a household with someone with TB in the last year | |||||
| No | 126 (76.8) | 65 (79.3) | 61 (74.4) | 0.23 | |
| Yes | 35 (21.3) | 14 (17.1) | 21 (25.6) | ||
| Don’t know | 3 (1.8) | 3 (3.7) | 0 |
*Pearson’s chi-square (excludes unknown values); Fisher’s exact test used when one or more cells contained values ≤5
**Self-reported; among patients who had been tested for HIV (n = 144; 77 in Vryheid, 67 in Nkonjeni)