Table 2. Socio-demographic and baseline clinical characteristics of children with TB in studied hospitals (n = 2,167).
| Variables | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 968 (44.7) |
| Female | 1,199 (55.3) |
| Age (years) | |
| ≤2 | 461 (21.3) |
| 3–5 | 384 (17.7) |
| 6–10 | 607 (28) |
| 11–14 | 715 (33) |
| Residence | |
| Rural | 925 (42.7) |
| Urban | 1,242 (57.3) |
| Type of TB | |
| Smear positive PTB (PTB+) | 221 (10.2) |
| Smear negative PTB (PTB−) | 331 (15.3) |
| PTB with unknown smear (PTBNS) | 1,114 (51.4) |
| EPTB | 501 (23.1) |
| EPTB site | |
| Peripheral Lymph nodes | 313 (62.5) |
| Abdominal | 87 (17.4) |
| Pleural | 32 (6.4) |
| Miliary | 21 (4.2) |
| Bones/Joints | 19 (3.8) |
| Meningitis | 4 (0.8) |
| Skin | 3 (0.6) |
| Others | 22 (4.4) |
| Weight (percentiles) | |
| Underweight* | 1,629 (75.2) |
| Normal weight | 538 (24.8) |
| Registration category | |
| New | 2,083 (96.1) |
| Retreated** | 84 (3.9) |
Notes.
- PTB
- smear negative pulmonary TB
- PTB+
- smear positive pulmonary TB
- PTBNS
- pulmonary TB with unknown sputum
- EPTB
- extra-pulmonary TB
- Underweight*
- ‘5 percentiles
- **
- relapse, default and failure cases