Table 5.
Distribution of TB patients according to occupational profile
| Variable | Occupation | P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Student | Labourer | Housewife | Unemployed | Others | ||
| Category (n=227) | ||||||
| I | 32 (18.3) | 33 (18.9) | 51 (29.1) | 29 (16.6) | 30 (17.1) | 0.001* |
| II | 1 (1.9) | 6 (11.5) | 13 (25.0) | 17 (32.7) | 15 (28.9) | |
| Type of patients in category II (n=52) | ||||||
| Relapse | 0 (0.0) | 1 (4.0) | 8 (32.0) | 9 (36.0) | 7 (28.0) | 0.046* |
| Retreatment after failure | 1 (25.0) | 2 (50.0) | 1 (25.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Loss to follow-up | 0 (0.0) | 3 (13.0) | 4 (17.4) | 8 (34.8) | 8 (34.8) | |
| Extrapulmonary TB classification (n=70) | ||||||
| Lymph nodes | 14 (42.4) | 2 (6.1) | 6 (18.2) | 3 (9.1) | 8 (24.2) | 0.001* |
| Pleural effusion | 1 (5.9) | 6 (35.3) | 1 (5.9) | 4 (23.5) | 5 (29.4) | |
| Abdomen | 4 (25.0) | 1 (6.2) | 9 (56.4) | 1 (6.2) | 1 (6.2) | |
| Genitor-urinary system | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Meningitis | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
*Significant association