Table 1.
Characteristics of children.
| All N = 165 |
Confirmed TB 40 (24.2%)a |
Unconfirmed TB 81 (49.1%) |
Unlikely TB 44 (26.7%) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Age months Median (IQR) |
30.5 (13.3–80.8) |
23.0 (13.5–86.4) |
24.2 (10.7–59.3) |
45.2 (27.3–91.0) |
0.122 |
| Age category <5 years ≥5 years |
113 (68.5) 52 (31.5) |
27 (67.5) 13 (32.5) |
61 (75.3) 20 (24.7) |
25 (56.8) 19 (43.2) |
0.103 |
| Male sex | 78 (47.3%) | 15 (37.5%) | 40 (49.4%) | 23 (52.3%) | 0.347 |
| HIV infected | 18 (10.9%) | 4 (10.0%) | 6 (7.4%) | 8 (18.2%) | 0.178 |
| Started on TB treatment | 121 (73.3%) | 40 (100%) | 81 (100%) | 0 (0%) | <0.001 |
| Tuberculin skin test positivea | 84 (61.3%) | 24 (75.0%) | 52 (76.5%) | 8 (21.6%) | <0.001 |
aTuberculin skin test results available for a subset of the study population (N = 137).