Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants.
| LTBI Negative | LTBI Positive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 150) | (n = 132) | |||
| Maternal characteristics | ||||
| Mean mother's age (SD) (mv 0, 3)a | 23.65 | (3.67) | 25.53 | (4.99) |
| Median number of pregnancies (IQR) (mv 1, 1) | 2 | (1-3) | 2 | (2-4) |
| Median number of births (IQR) (mv 1, 1) | 2 | (1-3) | 2 | (1-3) |
| Positive malaria test during pregnancy (mv 1, 1) | 38 | 25.5% | 29 | 22.1% |
| Ever lived with someone with TB (mv 2, 1) | 3 | 2.0% | 19 | 14.5% |
| BCG scarring (mv 1, 2) | 106 | 71.1% | 95 | 73.1% |
| Ever taken any medicine for worms (mv 1, 2) | 135 | 90.6% | 116 | 89.2% |
| Current marital status (mv 2, 4) | ||||
| Single | 28 | 18.9% | 20 | 15.6% |
| Married/living as married | 120 | 81.1% | 108 | 84.4% |
| Highest level of education attained (mv 2, 3) | ||||
| Never attended school | 5 | 3.4% | 2 | 1.5% |
| Primary | 50 | 33.8% | 44 | 33.9% |
| Secondary | 81 | 54.7% | 66 | 50.8% |
| Tertiary | 12 | 8.1% | 17 | 13.1% |
| Smoked in the past (mv 1, 1) | 1 | 0.7% | 1 | 0.8% |
| Drink alcohol (mv 3, 4) | 18 | 12.2% | 28 | 21.9% |
| Schistosoma mansoni infected (mv 33, 36) | 13 | 11.1% | 9 | 9.4% |
| Hookworm infected (mv 33, 36) | 9 | 7.7% | 2 | 2.1% |
| Trichuris infected (mv 33, 36) | 1 | 0.9% | 1 | 1.0% |
| Any helminth infection (mv 33, 36) | 20 | 17.1% | 12 | 12.5% |
| Mother's tribe grouping (mv 5, 3) | ||||
| Central | 56 | 38.6% | 72 | 55.8% |
| Other | 89 | 61.4% | 57 | 44.2% |
| Father's tribe grouping (mv 3, 2) | ||||
| Central | 58 | 39.5% | 75 | 57.7% |
| Other | 89 | 60.5% | 55 | 42.3% |
| Infant characteristics | ||||
| Sex of the baby, male | 77 | 51.3% | 77 | 58.3% |
| Mean birth weight in kg (SD) | 3.24 | (0.43) | 3.21 | (0.40) |
Data are mean (SD), median (IQR), or n (%). SD, standard deviation; IQR, interquartile range; mv, missing values.
a
Figures in parentheses indicate missing values in the LTBI-Negative and LTBI-Positive groups, respectively.