Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients with tuberculosis and healthy referents
Patients with TB | Healthy referents | tor χ 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
(n= 140) | (n= 130) | (pvalue) | ||
Demographic Variables | n (%) | n (%) | ||
Age | ||||
< 30 year-old | 19 (13.6) | 27 (21.6) | ||
30 to 39 year-old | 21 (15.0) | 14 (11.2) | ||
40 to 49 year-old | 31 (22.1) | 27 (21.6) | ||
50+ year-old | 69 (49.3) | 57 (45.6) | ||
missing | 0 (0) | 5 | ||
Mean (SD); Range | 50.13 (18.62); 11~89 | 47.91 (18.94); 11~83 | t (263) = 0.963 | |
(p = 0.337) | ||||
Gender | ||||
Male | 99 (70.7) | 86 (66.2) | ||
Female | 41 (29.3) | 44 (33.8) | χ 2 (1) = 0.650 | |
(p = 0.434) | ||||
Level of Education | ||||
Illiterate or primary | 71 (51.4) | 31 (25.4) | ||
Junior high | 34 (24.6) | 20 (16.4) | ||
High School | 26 (18.8) | 37 (30.3) | ||
College or graduate | 7 (5.1) | 34 (27.9) | χ 2 (3) = 38.177 | |
(p < 0.001) | ||||
missing | 2 | 8 | ||
Marriage | ||||
Single | 46 (33.1) | 30 (23.6) | ||
Married | 68 (48.9) | 74 (58.3) | ||
Living as married | 12 (8.6) | 9 (7.1) | ||
Divorced/widowed | 13 (9.4) | 14 (11.0) | χ 2 (3) = 3.553 | |
(p = 0.314) | ||||
missing | 1 | 3 | ||
Ethnicity | ||||
Min-Nan | 38 (27.1) | 34 (27.0) | ||
Hakka | 9 (6.4) | 7 (5.6) | ||
Mainlander | 8 (5.7) | 8 (6.3) | ||
Aboriginal | 85 (60.7) | 77 (61.1) | χ 2 (3) = 0.131 | |
(p = 0.988) | ||||
missing | 0 | 4 | ||
Personal monthly income | ||||
(in US dollars) | ||||
< 950 | 117 (84.8) | 86 (66.7) | ||
950-1,900 | 18 (13.0) | 28 (21.7) | ||
> 1,900 | 3 (2.2) | 15 (11.6) | χ 2 (2) = 14.621 | |
(p < 0.001) | ||||
missing | 2 | 1 | ||