Table 1.
Study participant characteristics
| Characteristics | Included patients N = 2250 (%) |
Excluded patients N = 1119 (%) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Male | 1286 (57.2) | 742 (66.3) | <0.001 |
| Female | 964 (42.8) | 377 (33.7) | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 35.8 (12.7) | 36.7 (13.4) | 0.144 |
| Initial hospitalization | |||
| Yes | 1363 (60.6) | 495 (45.3) | <0.001 |
| No | 887 39.4) | 597 (54.7) | |
| Clinical form | |||
| PTB+ | 1527 (67.9) | 724 (64.9) | 0.008 |
| PTB− | 210 (9.3) | 143 (12.8) | |
| ETB | 513 (22.8) | 248 (22.2) | |
| Type of patient | |||
| New cases | 2119 (94.2) | 1037 (92.7) | 0.129 |
| Retreatment | 106 (4.7) | 71 (6.3) | |
| Other | 25 (1.1) | 11 (1.0) | |
SD standard deviation, PTB+ smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis, PTB- smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis, ETB extra-pulmonary tuberculosis