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. 2019 Oct 9;2019:3176167. doi: 10.1155/2019/3176167

Table 3.

Association of TB among inmates with related variables.

Characteristics Total suspected TB (n = 68) TB suspects with sputum test (n = 60) Inmates with TB (n = 6) Inmates without TB (n = 54) p‐value
Age (in years) 0.179
18–44 42 (61.8) 38 (63.3) 2 (5.3) 36 (94.7)
≥45 26 (38.2) 22 (36.7) 4 (18.2) 18 (81.8)

Education 0.223
Illiterate 28 (41.2) 25 (41.7) 4 (16.0) 21 (84.0)
Literate 40 (58.8) 35 (58.3) 2 (5.7) 33 (94.3)

Time held in prison 0.541
<12 months 7 (10.3) 7 (11.7) 1 (14.3) 6 (85.7)
≥12 months 61 (89.7) 53 (88.3) 5 (9.4) 48 (90.6)

Previous incarceration 0.052
Yes 13 (19.1) 10 (16.7) 3 (30.0) 7 (70.0)
No 55 (80.9) 50 (83.3) 3 (6.0) 47 (94.0)

Inmates per cell 1.000
≤50 36 (52.9) 31 (51.7) 3 (9.7) 28 (90.3)
>50 32 (47.1) 29 (48.3) 3 (10.3) 26 (89.7)

Alcohol intake 1.000
Yes 48 (70.6) 43 (71.7) 4 (9.3) 39 (90.7)
Never 20 (29.4) 17 (28.3) 2 (11.8) 15 (88.2)

Smoking status 0.675
Current user 36 (52.9) 32 (53.3) 4 (12.5) 28 (87.5)
Nonuser/Ex‐user 32 (47.1) 28 (46.7) 2 (7.1) 26 (92.9)

Chewing tobacco 0.681
Current user 37 (54.4) 33 (55.0) 4 (12.1) 29 (87.9)
Nonuser/Ex‐user 31 (45.6) 27 (45.0) 2 (7.4) 25 (92.6)

Illicit drug use 0.581
Yes 15 (22.1) 11 (18.3) 0 (0.0) 11 (100)
No 53 (77.9) 49 (81.7) 6 (12.2) 43 (87.8)

Injectable drug use 0.275
Yes 6 (8.8) 3 (5.0) 1 (33.3) 2 (66.7)
No 62 (91.2) 57 (95.0) 5 (8.8) 52 (91.2)