Table 1. Characteristics of children who were evaluated for TB compared to children who were not evaluated for TB.

Variable		Children who completed an evaluation N = 5162		Children who did not complete an evaluation N = 718		p-value for chi-squared test
		n	%	n	%
CHILD CHARACTERISTICS
Female		2222	43.1	298	41.5	0.43
Age	0	397	7.7	75	10.5	0.13
	1	508	9.8	53	7.4
	2	520	10.1	68	9.5
	3	412	8.0	44	6.1
	4	361	7.0	44	6.1
	5	431	8.4	67	9.3
	6	352	6.8	52	7.2
	7	406	7.9	49	6.8
	8	433	8.4	61	8.5
	9	197	3.8	37	5.2
	10	361	7.0	54	7.5
	11	116	2.3	19	2.7
	12	316	6.1	40	5.6
	13	162	3.1	27	3.8
	14	190	3.7	28	3.9
Weight percentile ≤5		1589	97.3	27	100.0	0.38
Cough		1740	93.5	28	96.6	0.51
Cough Duration	No Cough	135	7.8	1	3.6	0.23
	<2 weeks	214	12.4	3	10.7
	2–3 weeks	501	29.0	13	46.4
	>3 weeks	881	50.9	11	39.3
Fever		4064	78.9	540	75.2	0.03
Weight loss		3378	65.8	439	61.1	0.02
Presence of BCG scars		1037	59.1	11	39.3	0.04
Extra-pulmonary TB		248	17.6	0	0	N/A
FAMILY MEMBER CHARACTERISTICS
Family history of TB		1432	27.7	4	0.6	<0.001
TB type in family is extra-pulmonary		15	1.1	0	0	1.00*
Family member with TB	Mother	1241	89.2	4	100.0	0.79
	Father	22	1.6	0	0
	Other	128	9.2	0	0
Family member was sputum positive		1247	90.1	4	44.4	<0.001
FACILITY CHARACTERISTICS
Newly established TB treatment facility		459	8.9	61	8.5	0.73
Rural facility		754	14.6	67	9.3	<0.001

Abbreviations: BCG: Bacille Calmette-Guerin vaccine; TB: tuberculosis.

*Fisher’s exact test used; otherwise chi-squared test.