Defining adequate contact for transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in an African urban environment

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of index cases who provided social network information

Category	No.	(%)
Total number of index cases	120
Male gender	83	69
Age, years, median [IQR¹]	28 [23–36]
Age (category)
15–24	38	32
25–44	68	57
45 or more	14	12
Tribe
Ganda	86	72
Nyakitara	4	3
Lunyankole	12	10
Lusoga	2	2
Other	14	12
Missing	2	2
TB diagnosis
Microscopy and culture	109	91
Only microscopy	5	4
Only culture	4	3
Only X-ray/clinical diagnosis	2	2

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