Table 1.
Characteristics of Participants by Pulmonary Tuberculosis Diagnostic Category
| Characteristic | Participants, No. (Column %)a | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confirmed Pulmonary Tuberculosis (n = 90 [30.9%]) |
Unconfirmed Pulmonary Tuberculosis (n = 157 [54.0%]) |
Unlikely Tuberculosis (n = 44 [15.1%]) |
Total (N = 291) |
|
| Female sex | 42 (46.7) | 69 (43.9) | 22 (50.0) | 133 (45.7) |
| Age, median (IQR), m | 32.4 (13.5–101.6) | 31.0 (14.0–68.6) | 44.5 (16.9–74.0) | 32.0 (14.3–72.6) |
| Previous tuberculosis treatment | 5 (5.6) | 13 (8.3) | 4 (9.1) | 22 (7.6) |
| Household contact with known tuberculosis case | 40 (44.4) | 80 (51.0) | 18 (40.9) | 138 (47.4) |
| BCG vaccination | 76 (84.4) | 149 (94.9) | 38 (86.4) | 263 (90.4) |
| TST positive | 47 (52.2) | 83 (52.9) | 10 (22.7) | 140 (48.1) |
| BMIZ, median (IQR) | 15.1 (13.8–17.0) | 15.5 (14.2–17.0) | 15.8 (14.2–17.4) | 15.4 (14.1–17.0) |
| WAZ, median (IQR) | −1.52 (−2.52 to −0.54) | −1.05 (−2.25 to −0.19) | −0.60 (−1.81–0.29) | −1.23 (−2.37 to −0.14) |
| Malnutrition | 33 (36.7) | 45 (28.7) | 9 (20.5) | 87 (29.9) |
| HAZ, median (IQR) | −1.74 (−2.85 to −0.81) | −1.42 (−2.53 to −0.35) | −1.46 (−2.24 to 0.23) | −1.44 (−2.63 to −0.38) |
| Stunting | 42 (46.7) | 53 (33.8) | 13 (29.5) | 108 (37.1) |
| HIV positive | 15 (16.7) | 37 (23.6) | 5 (11.4) | 57 (19.6) |
| Receiving ART (% of HIV positive) | 15 (100) | 28 (75.7) | 5 (100) | 48 (84.2) |
| CD4 cell count, median (IQR), cells/mL3 | 583 (225–833) | 799 (181–1192) | 321 (95–1135) | 631 (174–1025) |
| Hospitalized | 72 (80.0) | 119 (75.8) | 38 (86.4) | 229 (78.7) |
| No. of tongue swab specimens | ||||
| 1 | 25 (27.8) | 59 (37.6) | 12 (27.3) | 96 (33.0) |
| 2 | 32 (35.6) | 68 (43.3) | 10 (22.7) | 110 (37.8) |
| No. of buccal swab specimens | ||||
| 1 | 9 (10.0) | 9 (5.7) | 12 (27.3) | 30 (10.3) |
| 2 | 24 (26.7) | 21 (13.4) | 10 (22.7) | 55 (18.9) |
Abbreviations: ART, antiretroviral treatment; BMIZ, body mass index z score; HAZ, height for age z score; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; IQR, interquartile range; TST, tuberculin skin test; WAZ, weight for age z score.
a
Data represent no. (column %) of participants unless otherwise specified.