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Table 2 Prevalence rate of active pulmonary TB and lesions suggesting old healed TB based on CXR

From: Active pulmonary tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection among homeless people in Seoul, South Korea: a cross-sectional study

 

Total

Site A

Site B

Site C

Site D

Site E

Number of participants

313

54

59

71

46

83

Normal

251 (80.2%)

44 (81.5%)

47 (79.7%)

57 (80.3%)

36 (78.3%)

67 (80.7%)

Active pulmonary TB

18 (5.8%)*

4 (7.4%)

1 (1.7%)

3 (4.2%)

3 (6.5%)

7 (8.4%)

Old healed TB

35 (11.2%)

4 (7.4%)

9 (15.3%)

9 (12.7%)

5 (10.9%)

8 (9.6%)

  Fibrotic scar

20

2

7

6

1

4

  Calcified nodule

17

3

3

6

2

3

  Significant pleural thickening

14

0

4

4

3

3

Other abnormalities

11 (3.5%)

2 (3.7%)

3 (5.1%)

3 (4.2%)

2 (4.3%)

1 (1.2%)

  1. * 95% CI, 3.2-8.3%.