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Table 3 Differences in epidemiological data, case definitions, forms of tuberculosis (TB), and treatment outcome between paediatric and adult patients [>14 years].

From: Childhood and adult tuberculosis in a rural hospital in Southeast Ethiopia: a ten-year retrospective study

 

Total

(%)

Paediatric patients

(n = 1029)

(%)

Adult patients

(n = 1194)

(%)

P value

Epidemiological

    

   Sex, female

1145 (51.5)

553 (53.7)

592 (49.6)

0.05

   Hospital admission

860 (38.7)

408 (38.7)

452 (37.9)

0.5

HIV status

    

   Negative

242 (10.9)

51 (5.0)

191 (16.0)

<0.001

   Positive

38 (1.7)

4 (0.4)

34 (2.8)

<0.001

   Unknown*

1943 (87.4)

974 (94.7)

969 (81.2)

<0.001

Case definitions

    

   New cases

2126 (95.5)

1003 (97.5)

1123 (94.1)

<0.001

   Relapses

48 (2.2)

7 (0.7)

41 (3.4)

<0.001

   Other

10 (0.4)

5 (0.5)

5 (0.4)

0.2

   Transfer in

37 (1.7)

13 (1.3)

24 (2.0)

0.4

Forms of TB

    

   Smear-positive PTB

646 (29.0)

132 (12.8)

514 (43.0)

<0.001

   Smear-negative PTB

815 (36.4)

556 (54.0)

259 (21.7)

<0.001

   All forms of EPTB

762 (34.3)

341 (33.1)

421 (35.3)

0.3

TB lymphadenitis

411 (19.5)

189 (19.1)

222 (19.8)

0.4

TB osteomyelitis

171 (8.1)

78 (7.9)

93 (6.1)

0.5

TB abdominal

112 (5.0)

39 (3.8)

73 (7.8)

0.4

TB meningitis

26 (1.2)

22 (2.2)

4 (0.4)

<0.001

TB pleural

19 (0.9)

3 (0.3)

16 (1.4)

0.01

Other EPTB

23 (1.1)

10 (1.0)

13 (1.2)

0.6

Treatment outcome

    

   Cured

402 (18.1)

99 (9.6)

303 (25.4)

<0.001

   Treatment completed

1082 (48.7)

584 (56.8)

498 (41.7)

<0.001

   Defaulted

254 (11.4)

143 (13.9)

111 (9.3)

0.001

   Death

118 (5.3)

40 (3.9)

78 (6.5)

0.008

   Failure

5 (0.2)

0

5 (0.4)

0.2

   Transfer out

300 (13.5)

126 (12.2)

174 (14.6)

0.1

   Unknown

63 (2.8)

37 (3.6)

26 (2.1)

0.5

  1. * not done; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; PTB: pulmonary TB; EPTB: extrapulmonary TB.