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Table 3 Distribution of extrapulmonary disease by HIV status and foreign birth*.

From: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, human immunodeficiency virus, and foreign birth in North Carolina, 1993 – 2006

Extrapulmonary site

All EPTB cases (%) n = 1,366

HIV + (%) n = 151

HIV- (%) n = 757

P value

Foreign born (%) n = 402

US born (%) n = 964

P value

Bone and/or joint

164 (12.0)

4 (2.7)

96 (12.7)

.003

48 (11.9)

116 (12.0)

.96

Genitourinary

78 (5.7)

5 (3.3)

40 (5.3)

.31

24 (6.0)

54 (5.6)

.79

Lymphatic: cervical

215 (15.7)

30 (19.9)

131 (17.3)

.45

119 (29.6)

96 (10.0)

<.001

Lymphatic: other

147 (10.8)

28 (18.5)

70 (9.3)

.008

41 (10.2)

106 (11.0)

.66

Meningeal

66 (4.8)

6 (4.0)

39 (5.2)

.54

21 (5.2)

45 (4.7)

.66

Miliary

158 (11.6)

38 (25.2)

87 (11.5)

<.001

35 (8.7)

123 (12.8)

.03

Other

135 (9.9)

15 (10.0)

73 (9.6)

.91

40 (10.0)

95 (9.9)

.96

Peritoneal

60 (4.4)

7 (4.6)

40 (5.3)

.74

12 (3.0)

48 (5.0)

.10

Pleural

343 (25.1)

18 (11.9)

181(23.9)

.001

62 (15.4)

281 (29.2)

<.001

  1. * 458 (33.5%) of EPTB cases were missing HIV status.
  2. Chi-square p-value for each category compared to all others