Table 2.
Clinical history of TB patients attending selected health institutions of Arba Minch town and Arba Minch zuria district from January to August, 2016
| Variables | Frequency | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number (n) | Percent (%) | Total no. of respondents | ||
| History of diarrheal within 3 months | Yes | 24 | 11.3 | 213 |
| No | 189 | 88.7 | ||
| Time of last diarrhoea occurrence | Before a month | 11 | 24 | |
| Before 2 weeks | 3 | |||
| Within 2 weeks | 10 | |||
| Duration of last diarrhoea occurrence | > a month | 2 | 24 | |
| < a month | 13 | |||
| < a week | 9 | |||
| Other GIT discomfort within 3 months | Yes | 40 | 18.8 | 213 |
| No | 173 | 81.2 | ||
| Started anti-TB treatment | Yes | 200 | 93.9 | 213 |
| No | 13 | 6.1 | ||
| Course of treatment | First | 190 | 95.0 | 200 |
| Re-treatment | 10 | 5.0 | ||
| Duration of treatment in months | <2 | 45 | 22.5 | 200 |
| 2–4 | 55 | 27.5 | ||
| >4 | 100 | 50.0 | ||
| Started anti-TB treatment | Yes | 200 | 93.9 | 213 |
| No | 13 | 6.9 | ||
| HIV status | Positive | 20 | 9.6 | 209 |
| Negative | 189 | 90.4 | ||
| BMI | <18.5 | 71 | 33.3 | 213 |
| ≥18.5 | 142 | 66.7 | ||