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. 2019 Mar;25(3):457–464. doi: 10.3201/eid2503.180572

Table 1. General characteristics of pulmonary TB and extrapulmonary TB patients, China, 2008–2017*.

Characteristic No. (%) patients
Crude OR (95% CI) p value Adjusted OR (95% CI) p value
Pulmonary TB Extrapulmonary TB Total
Sex
   M 8,757 (70.1) 3,736 (29.9) 12,493 Referent Referent
   F
4,089 (60.3)
2,697 (39.7)
6,786
1.55 (1.45–1.65)
<0.01
1.37 (1.27–1.47)
<0.001
Age group, y
   <25 2,024 (56.4) 1,563 (43.6) 3,587 2.51 (2.28–2.77) <0.01 1.72 (1.53–1.93) <0.001
   25–44 3,539 (62.7) 2,102 (37.3) 5,641 1.93 (1.77–2.11) <0.01 1.55 (1.40–1.73) <0.001
   45–64 4,078 (69.6) 1,782 (30.4) 5,860 1.42 (1.30–1.56) <0.01 1.30 (1.17–1.44) <0.001
   ≥65
3,205 (76.5)
9,86 (23.5)
4,191
Referent

Referent

Residence
   Urban 9,789 (68.3) 4,537 (31.7) 1,4326 Referent Referent
   Rural
3,057 (61.7)
1,896 (38.3)
4,953
1.34 (1.25–1.43)
<0.01
1.32 (1.22–1.43)
<0.001
Treatment history
   New case 10,967 (64.2) 6,118 (35.8) 17,085 Referent Referent
   Retreated case
1,879 (85.6)
315 (14.4)
2,194
0.30 (0.27–0.34)
<0.01
0.24 (0.20–0.27)
<0.001
Diabetes
   No 12,502 (66.3) 6,352 (33.7) 18,854 Referent Referent
   Yes
344 (80.9)
81 (19.1)
425
0.46 (0.36–0.59)
<0.01
0.54 (0.41–0.70)
<0.001
Culture determination
   Negative 6,256 (54.8) 5,152 (45.2) 11,408 Referent Referent
   Positive
6,080 (88.9)
758 (11.1)
6,838
0.15 (0.14–0.17)
<0.01
0.16 (0.15–0.18)
<0.001
Smear determination
   Negative 8,343 (60.0) 5,570 (40.0) 13,913 Referent
   Positive
4,000 (95.8)
174 (4.2)
4,174
0.07 (0.06–0.08)
<0.01


DST
   MDR 684 (89.2) 83 (10.8) 767 1.25 (0.97–1.61) 0.084
   XDR 322 (89.2) 39 (10.8) 361 1.25 (0.88–1.77) 0.216
   Other 3,716 (91.1) 361 (8.9) 4,077 Referent

*DST, drug susceptibility testing; MDR, multidrug-resistant; OR, odds ratio; TB, tuberculosis; XDR, extensively drug-resistant.