TABLE 1.
Baseline patient characteristics.
| Patient characteristics | n | % |
|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||
| Female | 108 | 62.1 |
| Male | 66 | 37.9 |
| Race | ||
| Coloured | 164 | 94.3 |
| African | 6 | 3.5 |
| White | 1 | 0.6 |
| Other | 3 | 1.7 |
| Employment status | ||
| Employed | 107 | 61.5 |
| Unemployed† | 67 | 38.5 |
| Co-morbidities ‡ | ||
| None | 66 | 41.5 |
| Diabetes | 35 | 22.0 |
| Hypertension | 77 | 48.4 |
| Ischemic heart disease | 7 | 4.4 |
| COPD/asthma | 10 | 6.3 |
| Prior TB | 1 | 0.6 |
| HIV | 1 | 0.6 |
| Other | 7 | 4.4 |
Note: Mean age: 50.3; s.d. = 13.6.
s.d., standard deviation; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; TB, tuberculosis; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus.
†
, Includes pensioner;
‡
, Extracted from 157 folders reviewed.