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Table 2 Duration of diagnostic delay (in days) according to the diagnostic outcome for TB suspects who completed the diagnostic work-up

From: Diagnostic work-up and loss of tuberculosis suspects in Jogjakarta, Indonesia

  

Lung clinics

 

MHC

 

SHC

P-value

 

n

Median (IQR)

n

Median (IQR)

n

Median (IQR)

 

TB smear-positive

27

1 (1 - 1)

16

4 (2 - 7)

26

7.5 (5 - 12)

< 0.001

TB smear-negative

12

2 (1 - 4)

4

10 (5 - 88)

8

13.5 (5 - 14)

0.006

Non-TB

131

2 (1 - 4)

95

8 (5 - 15)

164

11 (8 - 11)

< 0.001

  1. IQR = inter-quartile range