Table 1.

Characteristics of MDR TB patients from Jiangxi Province, China.

Variable	MDR TB N = 157	DS TB N = 711	χ2	P value
Tuberculosis category			261.96	0.001
New	53	637
Recurrent	63	61
Treatment failure	41	13
Age, years			20.74	0.001
≤30	63	165
30–50	50	247
≥50	44	299
Marital status			0.65	0.42
Unmarried	23	123
Married	134	588
Sex			1.44	0.23
Male	103	501
Female	54	210
HIV status			0.66	0.42
Positive	5	15
Negative	152	696
Smoking			52.42	0.001
Never	31	223
Previous	58	367
Current	68	121
Sputum smear			0.04	0.84
Negative	22	104
Positive	135	607
Cavity			15.76	0.001
Yes	28	54
No	129	657
Profession			32.35	0.001
Farmer	91	239
No farmer	66	472