Table 1 Patient characteristics associated with LTBI treatment adherence.
From: The impact of smoking on adherence to treatment for latent tuberculosis infection
Characteristics | Adherence | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Non adherent N = 85(%) | Adequate N = 217(%) | p-value | |
Gender | |||
Male | 58 (68) | 113 (52) | 0.01 |
Female | 27 (32) | 104 (48) | |
Age in years | |||
15–30 | 35 (41) | 78 (36) | |
31–45 | 39 (46) | 97 (45) | 0.4 |
> 45 | 11 (13) | 42 (19) | |
Mean age (± S.D.) | 35 (± 10) | 36 (± 11) | 0.8 |
Region of origin | |||
Canadian born | 11 (13) | 26 (12) | 0.8 |
Foreign born | 74 (87) | 191 (88) | |
Africa | 21 (25) | 58 (27) | |
Asia | 33 (39) | 85 (39) | |
Europe | 4 (5) | 16 (8) | |
Latin America | 16 (18) | 30 (14) | |
Smoking status | |||
Current smoker | 25 (29) | 40 (18) | 0.04 |
Non/ex-smoker | 60 (71) | 177 (82) | |
Nicotine dependence*† | |||
< 6 | 10 (77) | 15 (88) | 0.6 |
≥ 6 | 3 (23) | 2 (12) | |