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Table 1 Associations of background characteristics with sputum smear results among OPD attendants with cough at Shashogo Woreda, Southern Ethiopia

From: Prevalence of smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis among outpatients presenting with cough of any duration in Shashogo Woreda, Southern Ethiopia

Characteristics

Smear positive number

Smear negative number

p-value

Sex

   

Male

10

203

0.89

Female

11

237

 

Age (in years)

   

5-14

0

43

0.29

15-24

3

83

 

25-39

12

177

≥40

6

137

Marital status

   

Married

16

312

0.60

Single

5

128

 

Occupation

   

Farmers

10

163

0.62

House wives

6

145

 

Others

5

132

 

Education

   

No formal education

12

210

0.70

Elementary

7

176

 

Secondary & higher

2

54

Religion

   

Protestants

11

260

0.54

Islam & others

10

180

 

Ethnic group

   

Hadiya

16

351

0.12

Silite

3

69

 

kembata

1

18

Others

1

2

Cough duration

   

<2 weeks

3

159

0.04

≥2 weeks

18

281

 

Location of HC*

   

Urban

12

193

0.23

Rural

9

247

 
  1. *HC = Health center, OPD= outpatient department.