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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients

From: Patient and health system delay among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Beira city, Mozambique

Characteristic*

n (%)

Male sex

350 (56.3)

Non-farmers

563 (91.7)

High TB knowledge

366 (58.8)

Low perceived TB stigma

242 (38.9)

HIV negative

170 (27.6)†

Never smokers

464 (74.6)

Never drinkers

253 (40.7)

No household TB contact

441 (70.9)

No coexistence of a chronic disease

494 (79.4)

  1. *Only the reference category is shown.
  2. †HIV results were available for 617 patients.