Table 1. Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the study participants, n (%).
| Characteristics | TB patients | non-TB patients | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 69 | n = 63 | |||
| Sex | .811 | |||
| Male | 38 (55%) | 36 (57%) | ||
| Female | 31 (45%) | 27 (43%) | ||
| Age groups, years | .010 | |||
| 0–14 | 18 (26%) | 25 (40%) | ||
| 15–44 | 40 (58%) | 20 (32%) | ||
| ≥45 | 11 (16%) | 18 (29%) | ||
| Residential status | .871 | |||
| Urban | 48 (70%) | 43 (68%) | ||
| Rural | 21 (30%) | 20 (32%) | ||
| Highest educational levela | .592 | |||
| ≤ primary school | 26 (51%) | 21 (57%) | ||
| > primary school | 25 (49%) | 16 (43%) | ||
| Main household incomeb | ||||
| Agriculture/fishing | 19 (33%) | |||
| Governmental/private sector | 15 (26%) | |||
| Self-employed | 24 (41%) | |||
| Housingc | ||||
| Own house | 37 (59%) | |||
| Renting/living with relatives | 26 (41%) | |||
| Number of people in householdd | ||||
| 1–5 | 24 (38%) | |||
| 6–10 | 25 (40%) | |||
| ≥11 | 14 (22%) | |||
| HIV status | .396e | |||
| Negative | 48 (75%) | 29 (83%) | ||
| Positive | 16 (25%) | 6 (17%) | ||
| Unknown | 5 (-) | 28 (-) | ||
| Presumptive site of infectionf | .263 | |||
| Lymphadenitis | 36 (52%) | 33 (52%) | ||
| Pleuritis | 20 (29%) | 12 (19%) | ||
| Other sitesf | 13 (18%) | 18 (29%) | ||
Abbreviations: TB, tuberculosis; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus.
a Only adult patients. Patients with missing values excluded (n = 1).
b, c, d Patients with missing values excluded (n = b; 11, c, d; 6). Not recorded for non-TB patients.
e Only comparing patients with known HIV serostatus.
f TB patients; meningitis (n = 4), spondylitis (n = 1), pericarditis (n = 1), peritonitis (n = 7). Non-TB patients; meningitis (n = 6), osteomyelitis (n = 1), mastitis (n = 1), peritonitis (n = 10).