Table 2: Associations between acquisition of TB infection and potential exposure to villagers with active TB when visiting other dwellings or at home.
Variable | No. (%) of participants | p value† | |
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Newly infected* (n = 88) | Uninfected (n = 67) | ||
No. of participants who visited at least once weekly ≥ 1 dwelling | 84 (95) | 64 (96) | 1.0 |
No. of participants who visited at least once weekly dwelling that was not used for social activities (178 dwellings) | |||
Any of these dwellings | 77 (88) | 63 (94) | 0.17 |
Dwelling where villager with TB disease lived or visited | 53 (60) | 49 (73) | 0.09 |
No. of participants who visited at least once weekly dwelling used for social activities (18 dwellings) | |||
Any of these dwellings | 47 (53) | 16 (24) | < 0.01 |
Dwelling where villager with TB disease lived or visited | 34 (39) | 11 (16) | < 0.01 |
No. of participants who lived with someone with TB | |||
Lived with someone with TB disease | 42 (48) | 26 (39) | 0.34 |
Lived with someone with smear-positive TB | 20 (23) | 2 (3) | < 0.01 |
Lived with someone with smear-negative TB | 36 (41) | 25 (37) | 0.77 |
Note: TB = tuberculosis.
*Included 53 people without disease and 35 people with disease.
†Pearson's χ2 test or Fisher's exact test.