Table 1.
Characteristics of patients included in the study
| Variable | N (Total = 1211) | % |
|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||
| Male | 838 | 69.0 |
| Female | 373 | 31.0 |
| Age category | ||
| yr 08–25 | 227 | 18.7 |
| yr 26–40 | 496 | 41.0 |
| yr 41–77 | 488 | 40.3 |
| Residency | ||
| North | 99 | 8.2 |
| South | 1112 | 91.8 |
| Occupation | ||
| Unskilled | 591 | 48.8 |
| Skilled | 314 | 26.0 |
| Unemployed | 306 | 25.2 |
| Nationality | ||
| Ghanaian | 1160 | 95.8 |
| West Africans | 51 | 4.2 |
| Income (GHC) | ||
| None | 449 | 37.1 |
| <100 | 184 | 15.2 |
| 100–500 | 505 | 41.7 |
| >500 | 73 | 6.0 |
| Smear positivity | ||
| Scanty 1–9 | 115 | 9.5 |
| +1 | 266 | 22.0 |
| +2 | 295 | 24.4 |
| +3 | 534 | 44.1 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Akan | 604 | 49.9 |
| Ewe | 184 | 15.2 |
| Ga | 280 | 23.1 |
| other | 143 | 11.8 |
| HIV status | ||
| Positive | 160 | 13.2 |
| Education | ||
| No Education | 346 | 28.6 |
| Primary | 134 | 11.1 |
| Secondary | 632 | 52.2 |
| Tertiary | 99 | 8.2 |
| Presence of BCG Scar | ||
| Yes | 505 | 41.7 |