Table 1 Study patients’ characteristics
Characteristic | Level | No (%) |
|---|---|---|
Demographic characteristics | ||
Age | <40 | 296 (81.1%) |
41-65 | 68 (18.6%) | |
>65 | 1 (0.3%) | |
Gender | Male | 158 (43.3) |
Female | 207 (56.7) | |
Occupation | Un/ self-employed | 110 (64.0%) |
Employed | 62 (36.0%) | |
Education | None | 19 (5.2) |
Primary | 110 (30.1) | |
Secondary | 39 (10.7) | |
Tertiary | 108 (29.6) | |
Clinical characteristics | ||
Site of TB (260) | Pulmonary | 232 (89.2) |
Extrapulmonary | 28 (10.8) | |
Treatment category | New | 317(86.9) |
Retreatment | 48(13.2) | |
BMI < 18.5 kg/m2 (n = 234) | <18.5 | 90 (38.5) |
TB symptoms (n = 365) | Cough | 230 (63.0) |
Constitutional symptoms | 117 (32.1) | |
HIV infection (n = 365) | HIV infected | 153(41.9) |
Radiological characteristics | ||
CXR findings (n = 145) | Parenchymal (nodules, infiltrates, masses) | 114 (78.6) |
Cavities | 51 (35.2) | |
Pleural (pleural effusion, pleural thickening) | 28 (19.3) | |
Adenopathy (hilar & mediastinal) | 4 (2.8) | |
Mycobacteriology characteristics | ||
Smear | Negative | 123 (47.3%) |
Positive | 137 (52.7%) | |
Culture and drug sensitivity | Negative | 165 (63.5%) |
Positive | 95 (36.5%) | |
Any drug resistance (INH, R, Z, E) | 20 (21.1%) | |
MDR | 6 (6.3%) | |