Table 4.

The Clinical Characteristics of TB Patients and Major Lineages of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

	L1 n (%)	L2 n (%)	L3 n (%)	L4 n (%)	Total n (%)	p Value *
Total	73	26	4	6	109
Blood in sputum						0.9
No	55 (75)	20 (77)	4 (100)	5 (83)	84 (77)
Yes	18 (25)	6 (23)	0 (0)	1 (17)	25 (23)
Fever > 2 weeks						0.17
No	34 (47)	18 (69)	3 (75)	4 (67)	59 (54)
Yes	39 (53)	8 (31)	1 (25)	2 (33)	50 (46)
Unexplained weight loss						0.35
No	14 (19)	5 (19)	2 (50)	2 (33)	23 (21)
Yes	59 (81)	21 (81)	2 (50)	4 (67)	86 (79)
Chest Pain						0.35
No	26 (36)	9 (35)	3 (75)	1 (17)	39 (36)
Yes	47 (64)	17 (65)	1 (25)	5 (83)	70 (64)
Severity of cough						0.05
Mild	23 (32)	8 (31)	2 (50)	3 (50)	36 (33)
Moderate	41 (56)	10 (38)	0 (0)	3 (50)	54 (50)
Severe	9 (12)	8 (31)	2 (50)	0 (0)	19 (17)
HIV status						0.46
Positive	3 (4)	1 (4)	0 (0)	1 (17)	5 (5)
Negative	70 (96)	25 (96)	4 (100)	5 (83)	104 (95)
Type of TB Patient						0.04
New	70 (96)	20 (77)	4 (100)	6 (100)	100 (92)
Retreated	3 (4)	6 (23)	0 (0)	0 (0)	9 (8)
BCG						0.86
No	23 (32)	8 (31)	2 (50)	1 (17)	34 (31)
Yes	20 (27)	10 (38)	1 (25)	2 (33)	33 (30)
Unknown	30 (41)	8 (31)	1 (25)	3 (50)	42 (39)
Sputum grading						0.01
Scanty	0 (0)	2 (8)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (2)
1 +	10 (14)	9 (35)	1 (25)	2 (33)	22 (20)
2 +	16 (22)	6 (23)	1 (25)	3 (50)	26 (24)
3 +	47 (64)	9 (35)	2 (50)	1 (17)	59 (54)
Site of TB						0.81
Lung	69 (95)	24 (92)	4 (100)	6 (100)	103 (94)
Lung plus other	4 (5)	2 (8)	0 (0)	0 (0)	6 (6)

L: lineage; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; BCG: Bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccine; * Fisher’s exact test.