Table 2 |
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Comparison of smear positive TB patients with cough duration according to diagnostic centre |
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Cough duration |
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Two weeks or more N = 1973 |
Less than two weeks N = 241 |
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Area of diagnosis |
Patients with cough |
Proportion of smear +ve patients among coughers % (n/N) |
Proportion of Patients with cough |
Proportion of smear +ve patients among coughers % (n/N) |
P values ¥ |
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Municipal Hospitals |
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Mwananyamala |
682 |
14.8 (101/682) |
65 |
10.8 (7/65) |
0.376 |
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Amana |
312 |
21.2 (66/312) |
27 |
11.1 (3/27) |
0.214 |
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Temeke |
457 |
9.4 (43/457) |
39 |
17.9 (7/39) |
0.155 |
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*Hospitals Total |
1451 |
14.5 (210/1451) |
131 |
13 (17/131) |
0.640 |
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Health Centres |
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Magomeni |
207 |
10.1 (21/207) |
72 |
5.6 (4/72) |
0.240 |
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Tabata |
80 |
1.3 (1/80) |
15 |
0 |
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Zakiem |
235 |
7.7 (18/235) |
23 |
0 |
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*Health Centres Total |
522 |
7.7 (40/522) |
110 |
3.6 (4/110) |
0.132 |
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• *Pearson Chi-Square = 38.8; p = 0.001. |
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Ngadaya et al. BMC Health Services Research 2009 9:112 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-9-112 |
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