Table 4.

Patients with a patient delay (PD) > 30 days, stratified by several patient characteristics.

		PD > 30 Days
		N	%	Total	p-Value
Sex	Male	118	54.1	218	0.807
	Female	55	56.1	98
Marital status	Single	72	59	122	0.084
	Married	84	55.6	151
	Not indicated	17	39.5	43
Age class	18–40	66	55.5	118	0.987
	41–64	84	54.2	155
	>65	23	54.8	42
Education	<8 years	159	58	274	0.004
	>8 years	14	33.3	42
Nationality	Italian	43	43	100	0.005
	Foreign	130	60.2	216
Occupational status	Employed	66	54.1	122	0.957
	Unemployed	91	55.5	164
	Retired	16	55.3	30
Smoke habit	Yes	72	53.7	134	0.819
	No	101	55.5	182
Year	2020	93	80.9	115	<0.01
	2019	80	39.8	201
BMI	<18.5	88	65.7	134	<0.01
	≥18.5	85	46.7	182
Comorbidity	Yes	94	59.5	158	0.113
	No	79	50	158
Diabetes	Yes	20	58.8	34	0.716
	No	153	54.3	282
Hypertension	Yes	23	53.5	43	0.871
	No	150	55	273
Renal failure	Yes	6	33.3	18	0.086
	No	167	56	298
HIV positive	Yes	6	75	8	0.301
	No	167	54.2	308
Acute respiratory failure	Yes	38	74.5	51	0.002
	No	155	50.9	265
Previous TB	Yes	22	55	40	1.000
	No	151	54.7	276