Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics between M. tuberculosis Beijing strain and M. bovis BCG strain
Variable | MTBC species | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
M. tuberculosis Beijing strain, n (%) | M. bovis BCG strain, n (%) | ||
Gender | |||
Female | 13 (81.37) | 3 (18.8) | 0.855 |
Male | 11 (78.6) | 3 (21.4) | |
Age (year) | |||
< 21 | 2 (50.0) | 2 (50.0) | 0.172 |
21–40 | 12 (75.0) | 4 (25.0) | |
40–50 | 6 (100.0) | 0 (0) | |
> 50 | 4 (100.0) | 0 (0) | |
Educational attainment | |||
Elementary school | 8 (89.5) | 1 (11.1) | 0.466 |
Junior high school | 10 (83.3) | 2 (6.7) | |
Senior high school | 6 (66.7) | 3 (33.3) | |
Occupation | |||
Labourer | 16 (76.2) | 5 (32.8) | 0.364 |
Housewife | 6 (100.0) | 0 (0) | |
Unemployed | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) | |
Anorexia | |||
Yes | 21 (77.7) | 6 (22.2) | 0.189 |
No | 3 (100.0) | 0 (0) | |
Weight loss | |||
Yes | 21 (80.8) | 5 (19.2) | 0.364 |
No | 3 (75.0) | 1 (25.0) | |
Fever | |||
Yes | 13 (76.5) | 4 (23.5) | 0.167 |
No | 11 (84.6) | 2 (15.4) | |
Haemoglobin level | |||
Normal | 8 (72.8) | 3 (27.3) | 0.750 |
Low | 16 (84.2) | 3 (15.8) | |
SaO2 level | |||
Normal | 17 (80.9) | 4 (19.0) | 0.831 |
Low | 7 (77.8) | 2 (22.2) | |