Table 4 Factors affecting presumptive TB referrals by community workers
From: Community referral for presumptive TB in Nigeria: a comparison of four models of active case finding
Variable | n | Median | IQR | U | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age group | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Less than 50 years | Less than 50 years | 6.50 | 1.0–21.8 | 1177.5 | 0.010 |
 50 years and above | 51 | 14.0 | 9.0–40.0 |  |  |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Male | 42 | 12.0 | 4.8–22.0 | 1466.0 | 0.697 |
 Females | 73 | 10.0 | 2.0–41.0 |  |  |
Worked as Treatment supporter | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Yes | 42 | 38.5 | 17.5–48.5 | 366.5 | <0.001 |
 No | 73 | 6.0 | 1.0–12.5 |  |  |
Participation in other programs | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Yes | 99 | 11.0 | 3.0–37.0 | 641 | 0.221 |
 No | 16 | 8.0 | 1.3–17.5 |  |  |
Knowledge of suspect identification | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Poor | 33 | 9.0 | 1.0–13.5 | 943.0 | 0.011 |
 Good | 82 | 14.0 | 4.0–42.0 |  |  |