Table 1.
General demographic characteristics of patients enrolled in 2006 and 2012
| Characteristics | Total | Any drug resistant TB | MDR-TB | Pan-susceptible TB | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 (n = 255) | 2012 (n = 537) | P value | 2006 (n = 89) | 2012 (n = 292) | P value | 2006 (n = 38) | 2012 (n = 145) | P value | 2006 (n = 166) | 2012 (n = 245) | P value | |
| Gender | ||||||||||||
| Male | 186 (72.9) | 400 (74.5) | 0.643 | 66 (74.2) | 223 (76.4) | 0.669 | 29 (76.3) | 102 (70.3) | 0.468 | 120 (72.3) | 177 (72.2) | 0.990 |
| Female | 69 (27.1) | 137 (25.5) | 23 (25.8) | 69 (23.6) | 9 (23.7) | 43 (29.7) | 46 (27.7) | 68 (27.8) | ||||
| Age group (years) | ||||||||||||
| ~25 | 41 (16.1) | 76 (14.2) | 0.682 | 14 (15.7) | 46 (15.8) | 0.728 | 6 (15.8) | 32 (22.1) | 0.428 | 27 (16.4) | 30 (11.9) | 0.271 |
| ~44 | 60 (23.5) | 125 (23.3) | 23 (25.8) | 82 (28.1) | 11 (28.9) | 53 (36.6) | 37 (20.9) | 43 (17.5) | ||||
| ~64 | 92 (36.1) | 185 (34.5) | 38 (42.7) | 107 (36.6) | 18 (47.4) | 48 (33.1) | 54 (32.2) | 78 (32.5) | ||||
| >64 | 62 (24.3) | 151 (28.1) | 14 (15.7) | 57 (19.5) | 3 (7.9) | 12 (8.3) | 48 (30.5) | 94 (38.1) | ||||
| Treatment history | ||||||||||||
| New cases | 176 (69.0) | 318 (59.2) | 0.008 | 37 (41.6) | 115 (39.4) | 0.712 | 5 (13.2) | 21 (14.5) | 0.835 | 139 (83.7) | 203 (82.9) | 0.815 |
| Previously treated cases | 79 (31.0) | 219 (40.8) | 52 (58.4) | 177 (60.6) | 33 (86.8) | 124 (85.5) | 27 (16.3) | 42 (17.1) | ||||