Table 1.
The Socio-Demographic Characteristics of tuberculosis (TB) Patients and Major Lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB).
| L1 n (%) |
L2 n (%) |
L3 n (%) |
L4 n (%) |
Total n (%) |
p Value * | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 73 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 109 | |
| Township | 0.1 | |||||
| Hpa-An | 35 (48) | 10 (38) | 3 (75) | 5 (83) | 53 (49) | |
| Kawkareik | 24 (33) | 5 (19) | 0 (0) | 1 (17) | 30 (28) | |
| Myawaddy | 14 (19) | 11 (42) | 1 (25) | 0 (0) | 26 (24) | |
| Gender | 0.02 | |||||
| Male | 47 (64) | 23 (88) | 1 (25) | 4 (67) | 75 (69) | |
| Female | 26 (36) | 3 (12) | 3 (75) | 2 (33) | 34 (31) | |
| Age | 0.07 | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 46 (15) | 43 (13) | 58 (7) | 36 (13) | 45 (14) | |
| Age group (years) | 0.15 | |||||
| <35 | 17 (23) | 8 (31) | 0 (0) | 3 (50) | 28 (26) | |
| 35−57 | 35 (48) | 14 (54) | 1 (25) | 3 (50) | 53 (49) | |
| ≥57 | 21 (29) | 4 (15) | 3 (75) | 0 (0) | 28 (26) | |
| Ethnicity | 0.43 | |||||
| Bamar | 23 (32) | 11 (42) | 2 (50) | 2 (33) | 38 (35) | |
| Kayin | 33 (45) | 13 (50) | 1 (25) | 4 (67) | 51 (47) | |
| Others | 17 (23) | 2 (8) | 1 (25) | 0 (0) | 20 (18) |
L: lineage; SD: standard deviation; * Fisher’s exact test.