Table 1 Baseline characteristics
Characteristics | n (%) |
|---|---|
Year treatment initiated | |
2013 | 14 (2.86) |
2014 | 59 (12.07) |
2015 | 76 (15.54) |
2016 | 94 (19.22) |
2017 | 92 (18.81) |
2018 | 90 (18.40) |
2019 | 64 (13.09) |
Gender | |
Male | 331 (67.69) |
Female | 158 (32.31) |
Age | |
≤ 45 | 176 (35.99) |
46–60 | 164 (33.54) |
≥ 60 | 149 (30.47) |
Occupation | |
Labor | 315 (64.42) |
Unemployed | 60 (12.27) |
Others | 114 (23.31) |
HIV co-infection (n = 488)a | |
Yes | 25 (5.12) |
No | 463 (94.88) |
DM (n = 488)a | |
Yes | 53 (10.86) |
No | 435 (89.14) |
COPD (n = 488)a | |
Yes | 24 (4.92) |
No | 464 (95.08) |
Co-existing extrapulmonary TB | |
Yes | 49 (10.02) |
No | 440 (89.98) |
Previous history of TB | |
Yes | 72 (14.72) |
No | 417 (85.28) |
History of TB contact | |
Yes | 136 (27.81) |
No | 353 (72.19) |
Case status | |
New case | 428 (87.53) |
Relapsed case | 43 (8.79) |
Retreated case | 18 (3.68) |
Tobacco use | |
Yes | 318 (65.03) |
No | 171 (34.97) |
Alcohol use | |
Yes | 324 (66.26) |
No | 165 (33.74) |
BCG vaccination | |
Yes | 411 (84.05) |
No | 78 (15.95) |
History of imprisonment | |
Yes | 80 (16.36) |
No | 409 (83.64) |
Sputum AFB at diagnosis | |
Positive | 346 (70.76) |
Negative | 126 (25.77) |
Not performed | 17 (3.48) |
Chest radiographs findings at diagnosis | |
Reticulonodular infiltration | |
Yes | 398 (81.39) |
No | 91 (18.61) |
Pleural effusion | |
Yes | 37 (7.57) |
No | 452 (92.43) |
Lung cavity | |
Yes | 49 (10.02) |
No | 440 (89.98) |
Miliary TB | |
Yes | 3 (0.61) |
No | 486 (99.39) |