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. 2020 Apr 23;15(4):e0232142. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232142

Table 2. Screening outcomes of the survey, by sex, age, area and region.

Total screened participants Total screening positive Interview a screening positive only Chest X-ray screening positive only Both interview and chest X-ray positive
No. % p-value No. % p-value No. % p-value No. % p-value
Total 61,163 4,738 7.7 2,207 3.6 1,849 3.0 682 1.1
Sex <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
 Male 27,150 2,842 10.5 1,272 4.7 1,088 4.0 482 1.8
 Female 34,613 1,896 5.5 935 2.7 761 2.2 200 0.6
Age group <0.001b <0.001b <0.001b <0.001b
 15–24 6,542 135 2.1 <0.001c 99 1.5 <0.001c 27 0.4 <0.001c 9 0.1 <0.001c
 25–34 10,191 379 3.7 <0.001c 253 2.5 <0.001c 84 0.8 <0.001c 42 0.4 <0.001c
 35–44 11,508 577 5.0 <0.001c 360 3.1 0.004c 160 1.4 <0.001c 57 0.5 <0.001c
 45–54 13,289 1,074 8.1 0.045c 565 4.3 <0.001c 370 2.8 0.110c 139 1.1 0.468c
 55–64 11,143 1,193 10.7 <0.001c 529 4.8 <0.001c 494 4.4 <0.001c 170 1.5 <0.001c
 ≥ 65 9,090 1,380 15.2 <0.001c 401 4.4 <0.001c 714 7.9 <0.001c 265 2.9 <0.001c
Area 0.383 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
 Urban 18,656 1,415 7.6 0.595c 487 2.6 <0.001c 710 3.8 <0.001c 218 1.2 0.314c
 Rural 15,882 1,216 7.7 0.935c 692 4.4 <0.001c 403 2.5 <0.001c 121 0.8 <0.001c
 Remote 27,225 2,107 7.7 0.537c 1,028 3.8 0.016c 736 2.7 <0.001c 343 1.3 0.001c
Region <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
 North 25,575 1,917 7.5 <0.001c 1,094 4.3 <0.001c 639 2.5 <0.001c 184 0.7 <0.001c
 Central 13,525 1,216 9.0 0.168c 531 3.9 <0.001c 391 2.9 0.428c 294 2.2 <0.001c
 South 22,663 1,605 7.1 <0.001c 582 2.6 0.012c 819 3.6 <0.001c 204 0.9 <0.001c

No: number of participants with such characteristics

a Including those who reported TB symptoms and/or TB treatment history, defined as follows:
  • TB symptoms: cough for 2 weeks or more, or cough of any duration in pregnant women.
  • Treatment history: currently on TB treatment or reporting TB treatment in the 2 years preceding the survey

b p-value for trend, obtained by rank-sum test

c p-value for the difference between this age group/ area/ region with other groups combined, obtained by Pearson’s chi-squared test