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. 2019 Feb 8;2(2):e187617. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.7617

Table 1. Demographics and Comorbidities of Patients With Active PTB.

Variable^a	PTB Culture Result, No. (%)		P Value^b
Variable^a	Negative (n = 116)	Positive (n = 680)	P Value^b
Age, median (IQR), y	42 (32-56)	40 (29-54)	.37
Male	62 (53)	437 (64)	.03
Foreign born	104 (90)	601 (88)	.69
Diabetes	14 (12)	119 (18)	.15
Any renal disease	3 (3)	7 (1)	.17
End-stage renal disease	1 (1)	3 (0.4)	.47
Requires hemodialysis	1 (1)	2 (0.3)	.38
Any cancer	6 (5)	18 (3)	.14

Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; PTB, pulmonary tuberculosis.

^{^a}

Comorbidities are categorized as no or unknown vs yes.

^{^b}

Calculated based on the Pearson χ² test without correction for continuity or the Fisher exact test (for expected counts <5).