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Table 1 Attributes of the study population by drug resistance status at baseline, 2001-2002a

From: Comparison of characteristics and mortality in multidrug resistant (MDR) and non-MDR tuberculosis patients in China

Patient attributes

MDR-TB

Non-MDR-TB

p-value

n = 86 (%)

n = 148 (%)

Sex

 Male

64 (74.4)

107 (72.3)

0 · 72

 Female

22 (25 · 6)

41 (27 · 7)

Age groups (years)

 10 ~ 29

20 (23 · 3)

35 (23 · 6)

0.16

 30 ~ 44

28 (32 · 6)

42 (28 · 4)

 45 ~ 59

26 (30 · 2)

33 (22 · 3)

 60~

12 (13 · 9)

38 (25 · 7)

Marital status

 Married

70 (81 · 4)

115 (78 · 2)

0 · 84

 Othersb

16 (18 · 6)

32 (21 · 8)

Occupation

 Farmers

75 (87 · 2)

125 (85 · 0)

0 · 29

 Othersc

11 (12 · 8)

22 (15 · 0)

Education

  ≤ Primary school

48 (55 · 9)

66 (45 · 2)

0 · 19

  ≥ Middle school

38 (44 · 1)

80 (54 · 8)

Smoker

30 (34 · 9)

28 (18 · 9)

<0 · 01

Alcohol drinker

14 (16.3)

20 (13.5)

0.56

Work outsided for cash after TB cured

8 (9 · 3)

3 (2 · 0)

<0 · 01

Numbers of bedrooms in patients’ house

  ≥ 4

51 (62 · 2)

119 (82 · 1)

<0 · 01

  ≤ 3

31 (37 · 8)

26 (17 · 9)

Annual household income (Yuan)

  ≥ 10 000

38 (44 · 7)

91 (61 · 9)

0 · 01

  < 10 000

47 (55 · 3)

56 (38 · 1)

Community/government offered financial help

13 (15 · 7)

12 (8 · 8)

0 · 24

Insurance

 Insured

8 (10 · 5)

16 (11 · 0)

0 · 97

 Own expense

77 (89 · 5)

130 (89 · 0)

  1. aThose with missing values were excluded from the comparisons
  2. bOthers include single, divorced, and widowed
  3. cOthers include worker, cadre, teacher, student, self-employment, unemployed, and housewife/homemaker
  4. dPatient worked outside hometown for cash as a migrant worker