Table 1.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients in pre-Xpert and post-Xpert group
| Characteristics | Pre-Xpert N = 173 |
Post-Xpert N = 165 |
p * | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 0.8 | |||
| 15–24 | 19 (11%) | 15 (9%) | ||
| 25–34 | 49 (28%) | 49 (30%) | ||
| 35–44 | 31 (18%) | 35 (21%) | ||
| 45–54 | 44 (26%) | 36 (22%) | ||
| 55–64 | 23 (13%) | 20 (12%) | ||
| 65+ | 7 (4%) | 10 (6%) | ||
| Sex | 0.9 | |||
| Male | 131 (76%) | 124 (75%) | ||
| Female | 42 (24%) | 41 (25%) | ||
| Employment | 0.06 | |||
| Retired | 29 (17%) | 45 (27%) | ||
| Unemployed | 91 (53%) | 80 (49%) | ||
| Employed | 53 (10%) | 40 (24%) | ||
| HIV Status | 0.08 | |||
| Pos | 18 (10%) | 8 (5%) | ||
| Neg | 155 (90%) | 154 (93%) | ||
| Missing | 0 | 3 (2%) | ||
| Health Care Worker | ||||
| Yes | 3 (2%) | 5 (3%) | 0.4 | |
| No | 170 (98%) | 160 (97%) | ||
| Police Officer | ||||
| Yes | 2 (1%) | 3 (2%) | 0.6 | |
| No | 171 (99%) | 162 (98%) | ||
| Contact | ||||
| Yes | 42 (24%) | 59 (36%) | 0.01 | |
| No | 124 (72%) | 105 (63%) | ||
| Missing | 7 (4%) | 1 (1%) | ||
| Previous TB history | ||||
| Yes | 157 (90.7%) | 131 (79.4%) | 0.003 | |
| No | 16 (9.3%) | 34 (20.6%) | ||
| Previously Imprisoned | ||||
| Yes | 47 (27%) | 39 (24%) | 0.3 | |
| No | 126 (73%) | 124 (75%) | ||
| Missing | 0 | 2 (1%) | ||
| Homeless | ||||
| Yes | 8 (5%) | 5 (3%) | 0.4 | |
| No | 165 (95%) | 159 (96%) | ||
| Missing | 0 | 1 (1%) | ||
| Alcohol | ||||
| Yes | 31 (18%) | 31 (19%) | 0.8 | |
| No | 142 (82%) | 134 (81%) | ||
| IDU | ||||
| Yes | 13 (7%) | 8 (5%) | 0.5 | |
| No | 159 (92%) | 155 (94%) | ||
| Missing | 1 (1%) | 2 (1%) | ||
| Smoke now | ||||
| Yes | 136 (79%) | 128 (78%) | 0.8 | |
| No | 37 (21%) | 37 (22%) | ||
| Smoke ever | ||||
| Yes | 149 (86%) | 139 (84%) | 0.3 | |
| No | 22 (13%) | 26 (16%) | ||
| Missing | 2 (1%) | 0 | ||
| Cavity | 0.6 | |||
| No | 98 (56%) | 100 (60%) | ||
| Yes, 1 side | 52 (30%) | 49 (30%) | ||
| Yes, both sides | 22 (13%) | 16 (10%) | ||
| Missing | 1 (1%) | 0 | ||
| TB presentation | 0.2 | |||
| Pulmonary | 165 (95%) | 149 (90%) | ||
| Extra-pulmonary | 1 (0.5%) | 5 (3%) | ||
| Both | 6 (4%) | 10 (6%) | ||
| Missing | 1 (0.5%) | 1 (1%) | ||
| Smear | 0.01 | |||
| Pos | 117 (68%) | 89 (54%) | ||
| Neg | 56 (32%) | 76 (46%) | ||
| RIF-resistance | 0.6 | |||
| Yes | 28 (16%) | 30 (18%) | ||
| No | 145 (84%) | 135 (82%) | ||
* Chi-square p-values