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Characteristics of 377 included and 58 excluded patients with smear-positive tuberculosis |
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| Included N = 377 |
Not included N = 58 |
P |
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| Age groups (years) |
0.18 |
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| 15–24 |
96 (25%) |
15 (26%) |
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| 25–34 |
159 (42%) |
20 (35%) |
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| 35–44 |
55 (14%) |
16 (27%) |
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| 45–54 |
42 (11%) |
3 (5%) |
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| 55–64 |
13 (4%) |
1 (2%) |
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| 65+ |
12 (3%) |
3 (5%) |
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| Age (mean, Sd) |
32.5 (12%) |
33.7 (12%) |
0.40 |
| Male |
253 (67%) |
39 (67%) |
0.98 |
| Female |
124 (33%) |
19 (33%) |
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| Clinic of inclusion |
< 0.01 |
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| Tambukareli |
32 (9%) |
1 (2%) |
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| Temeke |
41 (11%) |
9 (16%) |
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| Amana |
102 (27%) |
11 (20%) |
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| Mnazi Mmoja |
45 (12%) |
23 (40%) |
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| Tandale |
58 (15%) |
12 (21%) |
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| Mwananyamala |
99 (26%) |
1 (2%) |
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Egwaga et al. BMC Clinical Pathology 2007 7:8 doi:10.1186/1472-6890-7-8 |
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