Table 3.
Association of gender, age and geographical location with cluster and cluster size among 461 XDR-TB patients in the Western Cape province of South Africa, 2006–2017
|
Unique isolates N (%) |
Clustered isolates N (%) |
P-value |
Small clusters N (%) |
Medium cluster N (%) |
Large clusters N (%) |
P-value |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Gender |
Male |
49 (59.8) |
203 (53.6) |
0.39* |
27 (7.1) |
45 (11.9) |
131 (34.6) |
0.86* |
|
Female |
33 (40.2) |
174 (46.4) |
20 (5.3) |
41 (10.8) |
113 (29.8) |
|||
|
Age, years |
0–19 |
3 (3.7) |
29 (7.6) |
0.37* |
4 (1.1) |
4 (1.1) |
21 (5.5) |
0.61** |
|
20–29 |
20 (24.4) |
108 (28.5) |
14 (3.7) |
22 (5.8) |
72 (19.0) |
|||
|
30–39 |
30 (36.6) |
117 (30.9) |
18 (4.7) |
28 (7.4) |
71 (18.7) |
|||
|
40–49 |
19 (23.2) |
63 (16.6) |
4 (1.1) |
13 (3.4) |
46 (12.1) |
|||
|
50–69 |
8 (9.8) |
46 (12.1) |
6 (1.6) |
13 (3.4) |
27 (7.1) |
|||
|
Location |
Urban |
49 (59.8) |
265 (69.9) |
0.016* |
32 (8.4) |
65 (17.2) |
168 (44.3) |
0.39* |
|
Rural |
24 (29.3) |
63 (16.6) |
5 (1.3) |
12 (3.2) |
46 (12.1) |
*P value for chi square test, **P value for Fisher’s exact test.