Parameters | aSuccessful | bUnsuccessful | P-value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | n | % | n | % |  |
Overall | 3197 | 90.1 | 353 | 9.9 | – |
Socio-demographic profiles | |||||
 Age (median, IQR) | 8.9 (10.6) | 5.0 (11.1) | < 0.001 | ||
 Age groups (years) | |||||
  0–4 | 1131 | 86.1 | 182 | 13.9 |  |
  5–9 | 636 | 92.0 | 55 | 8.0 |  |
  10–14 | 1430 | 92.5 | 116 | 7.5 | < 0.001 |
 Sex | |||||
  Male | 1538 | 89.1 | 188 | 10.9 |  |
  Female | 1659 | 91.0 | 165 | 9.0 | 0.075 |
 Citizenship | |||||
  Malaysian | 2857 | 93.0 | 214 | 7.0 |  |
  Non-Malaysian | 340 | 71.0 | 139 | 29.0 | < 0.001 |
 Place of residence | |||||
  Urban | 1632 | 90.6 | 169 | 9.4 |  |
  Rural | 1534 | 89.4 | 181 | 10.6 | 0.270 |
Health utilization | |||||
 Treatment centre one | |||||
  Public hospital | 2489 | 88.8 | 313 | 11.2 |  |
  Public clinic | 549 | 94.8 | 30 | 5.2 |  |
  Private facilities | 159 | 94.1 | 10 | 5.9 | < 0.001 |
TB disease profile | |||||
 Method of detection | |||||
  Passive | 2524 | 89.3 | 303 | 10.7 |  |
  Active | 673 | 93.1 | 50 | 6.9 | 0.003 |
 BCG scar | |||||
  Yes | 2850 | 92.8 | 222 | 7.2 |  |
  No | 347 | 72.6 | 131 | 27.4 | < 0.001 |
 CXR finding | |||||
  No lesion | 819 | 91.5 | 76 | 8.5 |  |
  Minimal | 1607 | 92.3 | 134 | 7.7 |  |
  Advanced | 620 | 83.3 | 124 | 16.7 | < 0.001 |
 HIV co-infection | |||||
  Yes | 35 | 72.9 | 13 | 27.1 |  |
  No | 3162 | 90.3 | 340 | 9.7 | < 0.001 |
 TB diagnosis | |||||
  PTB SS -ve | 1473 | 91.7 | 133 | 8.3 |  |
  PTB SS + ve | 859 | 88.0 | 117 | 12.0 |  |
  EPTB | 865 | 89.4 | 103 | 10.6 | 0.007 |