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Table 3 Demographic data of patients with confirmed TB.

From: "Cough officer screening" improves detection of pulmonary tuberculosis in hospital in-patients

Demographics*

Stage I (N = 42)

Stage II (n = 12)

p-value

Age, years

76.0 (64.0,81.3)

75.5 (70.0,85.0)

0.312

Gender, Male (%)

28 (66.7%)

9 (75.0%)

0.732

Duration of cough, days

7.0 (5.0,7.25)

8.0 (7.0,9.0)

0.038†

From alarm to diagnosis, days

14 (3, 26)

12.5 (5.0,19.0)

0.950

Smear-culture result

   

   Smear negative, culture positive

21 (50%)

6 (50%)

1.000

   Smear positive, culture positive

21 (50%)

6 (50%)

 
  1. * Demographics were summarized as median (Q1,Q3) for age, duration of cough, time from alarm to diagnosis with non-parametric Wilcoxon rank-sum test, and as n (%) for gender, outcome of smears and cultures with Chi-square/or Fishers' exact test.
  2. † p-value < 0.05 indicated the duration of cough (days) was significantly higher in stage II than stage I.