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Table 2 Associations of background characteristics with sputum smear results among patients with cough less than 2 weeks and those with cough of 2 weeks or more in 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

Categories

Total examined number (%)

Cough < 2 weeksSmear positive, number (%)

Cough ≥ 2 weeksSmear positive, number (%)

p-value

Sex

Male

213 (46.2)

1 (1.4)

9 (6.4)

 

Female

248 (53.8)

2 (2.2)

9 (5.7)

0.89

Age (years)

5-14

43 (9.3)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

15-24

86 (18.6)

0 (0.0)

3 (5.7)

0.29

25-39

189 (41.0)

3 (4.0)

9 (7.9)

 

≥40

143 (31.0)

0 (0.0)

6 (6.0)

 

Marital status

Married

328 (71.0)

2 (1.8)

4 (4.8)

 

Single

133 (29.0)

1 (2.0)

14 (6.5)

0.60

Occupation

Farmer

173 (37.5)

2 (3.3)

8 (7.1)

 

House wive

151 (32.8)

1 (1.85)

5 (5.2)

0.62

Students & others

137 (29.7)

0 (0.00)

5 (5.6)

 

Education

None

222 (48.0)

1 (1.4)

11 (7.4)

 

Elementary

183 (40.0)

1 (1.6)

6 (5.0)

0.70

Secondary and above

56 (12.0)

1 (4.0)

1 (3.2)

 

Religion

Protestant

271 (58.8)

1 (1.0)

10 (5.8)

 

Islam and others

190 (41.2)

2 (3.1)

8 (6.3)

0.54

Ethnic group

Hadiya

367 (79.6)

2 (1.6)

14 (5.8)

 

Silite

72 (15.6)

0 (0.0)

3 (6.5)

0.58

Others

22 (4.8)

1 (8.3)

1 (10)

 

Number of symptoms*

1 – 4

171 (37.0)

2 (2.74)

0 (0.0)

 

>4

290 (63.0)

1 (1.12)

18 (8.96)

0.007

  1. *cough, fever, poor appetite, feeling weak, chest pain, night sweats, weight loss, shortness of breathing.