Table 3.
Characteristics of study participants.
| Patients with TBa (N = 27)b | Individuals with LTBIc (N = 24) | Individuals at risk (N = 31)b | Community leaders (N = 20) | TB program Staff (N = 13) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Average age (Range) | 47.9 (22-81) | 48.1 (18-82) | 47.5 (22-75) | 51.9 (25-71) | 46.6 (26-65) | |||||
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Male | 17 | 65.0 | 9 | 62.5 | 14 | 67.7 | 12 | 57.1 | 1 | 7.7 |
| Female | 9 | 35.0 | 15 | 37.5 | 10 | 32.3 | 9 | 42.9 | 12 | 92.3 |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||||||
| African American | 26 | 100 | 24 | 100 | 24 | 100 | 18 | 85.7 | 2 | 15.4 |
| White | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 14.3 | 11 | 84.6 |
| Education | ||||||||||
| 8th grade | 2 | 7.7 | 1 | 4.2 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Some HSd | 8 | 30.8 | 6 | 25.0 | 6 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HS graduate | 7 | 26.9 | 8 | 33.3 | 10 | 41.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.7 |
| Some college | 6 | 23.1 | 7 | 29.2 | 7 | 29.2 | 4 | 19.1 | 5 | 38.5 |
| College graduate | 2 | 7.7 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 33.3 | 5 | 38.5 |
| Postgraduate | 1 | 3.7 | 1 | 4.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 47.6 | 2 | 15.4 |
| TB test | 27 | 100 | 24 | 100 | 22 | 92.0 | 18 | 85.7 | 13 | 100.0 |
| HIV/AIDSe | 3 | 12.0 | 1 | 4.0 | 7 | 29.2 | – | – | – | – |
| Jail resident or employee | 8 | 30.0 | 6 | 25.0 | 6 | 25.0 | 4 | 19.1 | – | – |
| Homeless shelter resident or employee | 5 | 19.0 | 4 | 17.0 | 10 | 42.0 | 8 | 38.1 | – | – |
| Close contact with TB patient | – | – | – | – | 8 | 33.0 | 8 | 38.1 | – | – |
| Alcohol/drug dependence | 4 | 15.0 | 5 | 21.0 | 4 | 17.0 | – | – | – | – |
a
TB is tuberculosis.
b
Missing data for one TB patient and seven individuals at risk.
c
LTBI is latent tuberculosis infection.
d
HS is high school.
e
HIV/AIDS is human immunodeficiency virus/ Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.