Table 1.

Characteristics of study participants (N=1694) in Mazandaran, Iran, 2009–2015

Characteristic		N(percent)	Treatment delay				Total delay
			Mean	Median	Quartiles		Mean	Median	Quartiles
					1st	3rd			1st	3rd
Gender	Female	574(33.88)	71.47	38	23	80	73.16	40	24	82
	Male	1120(66.12)	66.65	33	22	79.25	68.26	35	24	82
Age group	<14	17(0.7)	39.64	28	11.5	38	40.35	28	11.5	38.5
	15–24	172(7.4)	50.23	31	20	64.5	51.65	31	23	66.25
	25–39	558(24)	63.33	33	23	74	64.30	36	24	74.5
	40–60	439(18.9)	71.89	34	20	87.25	74.71	36	22	90
	>60	508(21.8)	77.61	41	24	90	79.05	44	26	90
Prison status	Yes	192 (8.3)	45.06	30	18	31	46.72	30	19	33
	No	1502(64.6)	71.24	38	23	84.25	72.87	41	25	88
Residence	Rural	687(40.5)	67.33	35	24	78.5	68.83	36	25	80
	Urban	1007(59.45)	68.93	34	22	80	70.65	37	23	82
HIV test status	Known	301(17.77)	75.22	57	31	91	77.15	59	31	92
	Unknown	1393(82.23)	66.79	31	20.75	73	68.36	33	22	76
Type of pulmonary TB	Smear positive	1324(56.9)	67.96	36	25	81	69.7	38	27	84
	Smear negative	370(15.9)	69.4	32	15	70.25	70.67	33	16	72.25
Nationality	Iranian	1653(71.1)	67.98	34	22.25	79.75	69.6	36	24	81.75
	Afghan	41(1.8)	80.43	53	28.5	95	82.68	55	30	95
Contact History	Yes	275(11.8)	70.96	42	25	92	72.63	45	26	92
	No	702(30.2)	83.39	54	30	92	85.53	56	30	93
	Unknown	715(30.7)	52.18	30	15	36	53.32	30	16	59