Table 5 Risk factors for exposure to PTB and disease development
Variable | Dubti | Amibara | Â | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Male (%) | Female (%) | Total (%) | Male (%) | Female (%) | Total (%) | Total (%) |
Risk factors for exposure: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Cups sharing habit | 195 (89.0) | 132 (88.6) | 327 (88.9) | 191 (88.8) | 147 (83.5) | 338 (86.4) | 665 (87.6) |
House type | 155 (70.8) | 87 (58.4) | 242 (65.8)* | 114 (53.0) | 98 (55.7) | 212 (54.2)* | 454 (59.8) |
Chewing khat together | 86 (39.3) | 53 (35.6) | 139 (37.8) | 98 (45.6) | 69 (39.2) | 167 (42.7) | 306 (40.3) |
Other (sleeping with patient, spitting everywhere) | 20 (9.1) | 10 (6.7) | 30 (8.2) | 2 (0.9) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.5) | 32 (4.2) |
Do not know | 9 (4.1) | 7 (4.7) | 16 (4.4) | 14 (6.5) | 21(11.9) | 35 (8.9) | 51 (6.7) |
Risk factors for disease: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Shortage of food | 192 (88.1) | 123 (86.6) | 315 (87.5)* | 126 (58.1) | 86 (48.0) | 212 (53.5)* | 527 (69.7) |
Chewing & smoking | 133 (61.0) | 79 (55.2) | 212 (58.7)* | 106 (48.8) | 89 (49.7) | 195 (49.2)* | 407 (53.8) |
Stress | 63 (28.9) | 31(21.7) | 94 (26.0)* | 34 (15.7) | 39 (21.8) | 73 (18.4)* | 167 (22.1) |
Other chronic disease | 35 (16.1) | 22 (15.5) | 57 (15.9) | 25 (11.5) | 26 (14.5) | 51(12.9) | 108 (14.3) |
Other (sex, work load) | 14 (6.4) | 12 (8.5) | 26 (7.2)* | 34 (15.7) | 24 (13.4) | 58 (14.6)* | 84 (11.1) |
Do not know | 8 (3.7) | 6 (4.2) | 14 (3.9)* | 25 (11.5) | 45 (24.9) | 70 (17.6)* | 84 (11.1) |