Table 3. Symptoms of bacteriologically confirmed through Xpert (BC = 48) and clinically diagnosed (CD = 97) among smear negative presumptive TB patients in TB DOTS facility, Dasmariñas and Trece Martirez City, 2017.
| TB Symptoms | BC (n = 48) | CD (n = 97) | OR | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | (95% CI) | ||
| Cough | 43 | 90 | 64 | 66 | 4.4 (1.6, 12.3) | 0.002 |
| Weight loss | 31 | 65 | 31 | 32 | 3.9 (1.9, 8.1) | <0.001 |
| Hemoptysis | 12 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 3.7 (1.4, 9.8) | 0.006 |
| Night sweats | 18 | 38 | 15 | 16 | 3.3 (1.5, 7.3) | 0.003 |
| Fever | 20 | 42 | 18 | 19 | 3.1 (1.5, 6.8) | 0.003 |
| Loss of appetite | 24 | 50 | 28 | 29 | 2.5 (1.2, 5.0) | 0.013 |
| Malaise | 16 | 33 | 16 | 16 | 2.5 (1.1, 5.7) | 0.021 |
| Shortness of breath/chest pain | 31 | 65 | 42 | 43 | 2.4 (1.2, 4.9) | 0.016 |
| Sputum Production | 40 | 83 | 68 | 70 | 2.1 (0.9, 5.1) | 0.085 |
| No of symptoms Mean (SD) |
5 | (2.3) | 3 | (2.2) | -- | <0.001 |