Table 1.
Comparison of Selected Demographic and Clinical Characteristics Between the Early and FAST Cohorts, Russian Federation (n = 709 Unless Otherwise Noted)
| Variable name | Total (n = 709) | Total | Early Cohort (n = 450) |
Early Cohort | FAST Cohort (n = 259) |
FAST Cohort | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | Col % | No. | Col % | ||
| Male sex | 556 | 78.4 | 354 | 78.6 | 202 | 78.0 | 0.83 |
| Not married or living as married | 353 | 49.8 | 205 | 45.5 | 148 | 57.1 | <0.01 |
| Occupation | |||||||
| Unemployed | 421 | 59.4 | 265 | 58.9 | 156 | 60.2 | 0.7 |
| Urban Residence | 208 | 29.3 | 103 | 22.8 | 105 | 40.5 | <0.01 |
| Prison history at any time in the past | |||||||
| Yes | 97 | 13.7 | 50 | 11.1 | 47 | 18.1 | <0.01 |
| Any smoking history (n = 705) | 538 | 76.3 | 339/447 | 75.8 | 199/258 | 77.2 | 0.69 |
| Known history of alcohol addiction (n = 706) | |||||||
| Yes | 333 | 47.2 | 214/447 | 47.9 | 119/259 | 45.9 | 0.60 |
| Hepatitis B Diagnosis | 11 | 1.5 | 6 | 1.3 | 5 | 1.9 | 0.53 |
| Hepatitis C Diagnosis (n = 706) | 98 | 13.9 | 60/447 | 13.4 | 38/259 | 14.6 | 0.64 |
| Known HIV Diagnosis (n = 707) | 30 | 4.2 | 15/448 | 3.3 | 15/259 | 5.8 | 0.12 |
| Diabetes diagnosis (n = 708) | 37 | 5.23 | 25/449 | 5.57 | 12/259 | 4.63 | 0.59 |
| Bilateral OR cavitary disease | 288 | 40.6 | 165 | 36.7 | 123 | 47.5 | <0.01 |
| Known prior TB history | 62 | 8.7 | 34 | 7.5 | 28 | 10.8 | 0.14 |
| Mean age (SD) | 44.7 | (14.8) | 44.3 | (14.3) | 45.5 | (15.6) | 0.60 |
| Mean BMI [SD] | 21.1 | (3.6) | 21.1 | (3.50) | 21.2 | (3.80) | 0.93 |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus.