Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of Patients With Tuberculosis and Controls
| Demographic Data | Patients, No. (%)a | P Valueb | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuberculosis (n = 32) | Controls (n = 70) | Pneumonia (n = 37) | ||
| Female sex | 22 (69) | 52 (74) | 32 (86) | .19 |
| Age, mean (SD), y | 38 (8) | 37 (6) | 38 (8) | .48 |
| Mode of tuberculosis diagnosis | ||||
| Microscopy or culture | 18 (56) | … | … | … |
| Clinical symptoms and chest radiography only | 14 (44) | … | … | … |
| Tuberculosis site or type | ||||
| Pulmonary | 31 (97) | … | … | … |
| Extrapulmonary | 1 (3) | … | … | … |
| Multidrug resistant | 2 (6) | … | … | … |
Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.
aData represent No. (%) of patients except where otherwise specified (for age)
b P values were determined with χ2 test for sex and with 1-way analysis of variance for age.