Table 1.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the study participants (n=1199)
| Variables | Patients (n) | Per cent |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 839 | 70.0 |
| Female | 360 | 30.0 |
| Age (years) | ||
| ≤40 | 532 | 44.4 |
| 41–59 | 402 | 33.5 |
| ≥60 | 265 | 22.1 |
| Residential status | ||
| Inhabitant | 848 | 70.7 |
| Migrant | 351 | 29.3 |
| Marital status | ||
| Single | 340 | 28.4 |
| Married | 795 | 66.3 |
| Divorced/widow | 64 | 5.3 |
| Educational level | ||
| Primary or below | 382 | 31.9 |
| Junior high | 356 | 29.7 |
| High school and above | 461 | 38.4 |
| Occupation | ||
| Unemployed | 302 | 25.2 |
| Employed | 327 | 27.3 |
| Peasant | 353 | 29.4 |
| Student | 96 | 8.0 |
| Retiree | 121 | 10.1 |
| Family size | ||
| 1–3 | 887 | 74.0 |
| 4–8 | 312 | 26.0 |
| Health insurance status | ||
| None | 130 | 10.8 |
| NCMS | 548 | 45.7 |
| MIUR | 230 | 19.2 |
| MIUE | 249 | 20.8 |
| Other insurance plan | 42 | 3.5 |
| Hospitalisation | ||
| Yes | 191 | 15.9 |
| No | 1008 | 84.1 |
| Forms of TB | ||
| Smear-negative PTB | 892 | 74.4 |
| Smear-positive PTB | 307 | 25.6 |
| Patient delay | ||
| Yes | 635 | 53.0 |
| No | 564 | 47.0 |
| Median (IQR) (days) | 16 (3–52) | |
| Diagnostic delay | ||
| Yes | 516 | 43.0 |
| No | 683 | 57.0 |
| Median (IQR) (days) | 9 (3–33) | |
| Household annual income (RMB) | ||
| Mean | 42 200 | |
| Median (IQR) (days) | 35 000 (20 000–56 000) | |
MIUE, Medical Insurance for Urban Employees; MIUR, Medical Insurance for Urban Residents; NCMS, New Cooperative Medical Scheme; PTB, pulmonary TB; TB, tuberculosis.