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. 2022 Sep 21;12(3):141–146. doi: 10.5588/pha.22.0018

TABLE 1.

Baseline characteristics of study participants, 2014–2019

Characteristics Year

2014–2017 2018–2019 Overall (2014–2019)



Total IPT No IPT P value Total IPT No IPT P value Total IPT No IPT P value
Overall coverage 20,554 5,149 (25.0) 15,405 (75.0) 5,586 2,401 (43.0) 3,185 (57.0) 26,140 7,550 (28.9) 18,590 (71.1)
Sex
 Female 14,821 3,716 (25.1) 11,105 (74.9) 0.909 3,741 1,636 (43.7) 2,105 (56.3) 0.107 18,562 5,352 (28.8) 13,210 (71.2) 0.781
 Male 5,733 1,433 (25.0) 4,300 (75.0) 1,845 765 (41.5) 1,080 (58.5) 7,578 2,198 (29.0) 5,380 (71.0)
Age groups, years
 18–24 2,450 479 (19.6) 1,971 (80.4) <0.001 705 262 (37.2) 443 (62.8) <0.001 3,155 741 (23.5) 2,414 (76.5) <0.001
 25–34 7,167 1,698 (23.7) 5,469 (76.3) 1,919 782 (40.8) 1137 (59.2) 9,086 2,480 (27.3) 6,606 (72.7)
 35–44 6,599 1,802 (27.3) 4,797 (72.7) 1,783 839 (47.1) 944 (52.9) 8,382 2,641 (31.5) 5,741 (68.5)
 45–54 3,057 881 (28.8) 4,797 (71.2) 842 374 (44.4) 468 (55.6) 3,899 1,255 (32.2) 2,644 (67.8)
 55–64 959 239 (24.9) 720 (75.1) 256 115 (44.9) 141 (55.1) 1,215 354 (29.1) 861 (70.9)
 65+ 322 50 (15.5) 272 (84.5) 81 29 (35.8) 52 (64.2) 403 70 (19.6) 324 (80.4)
Binary age group, years
 18–35 10,393 2,387 (23.0) 8,006 (77.0) <0.001 2,828 1,134 (40.1) 1,694 (59.9) <0.001 13,221 3,521 (26.6) 9,700 (73.4) <0.001
 >36 10,161 2,762 (27.2) 7,399 (72.8) 2,760 1,267 (45.9) 1,491 (54.1) 12,919 4,029 (31.2) 8,890 (68.8)
BMI, kg/m2
 <18.5 (under-weight) 2,754 563 (12.4) 2,191 (16.2) <0.001 574 187 (32.6) 387 (67.4) <0.001 3,328 750 (22.5) 2,578 (77.5) <0.001
 18.5–24.9 (normal weight) 9,839 2,524 (55.4) 7,315 (54.0) 2,723 1,135 (41.7) 1,588 (58.3) 12,562 3,659 (29.1) 8,903 (70.9)
 25.0–29.9 (overweight) 3,643 971 (21.3) 2,672 (19.7) 953 471 (49.4) 482 (50.6) 4,596 1,442 (31.4) 3,154 (68.6)
 >30 (obese) 1,854 494 (10.9) 1,360 (10.0) 573 287 (50.1) 286 (49.9) 2,427 781 (32.2) 1,646 (67.8)
Size of health facility
 Low volume 4,724 1,172 (24.8) 3,552 (75.2) 0.001 1,431 590 (41.2) 841 (58.8) <0.001 6,255 1,762 (28.6 4,393 (71.4) <0.001
 Medium volume 6,966 1,850 (26.6) 5,116 (73.4) 1,930 980 (50.8) 950 (49.2) 8,896 2,830 (31.8) 6,066 (68.2)
 High volume 8,874 2,132 (24.0) 6,742 (76.0) 2,218 827 (37.3) 1,391 (62.7) 11,092 2,959 (26.7) 8,133 (73.3)

IPT = isoniazid preventive therapy; BMI = body mass index.