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Table 1 Characteristics of study population for each study site

From: Diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and drug resistance in different provinces of Papua New Guinea

  

Drug susceptibility testing result available*

Total TB positive (any type)

Characteristics

Goroka n = 56 n (%)

Alotau n = 66 n (%)

Madang n = 90 n (%)

Total n = 212 n (%)

All sites n = 449 n(%)

Sex

     
 

Male

32 (57.1)

28 (42.4)

43 (47.8)

103 (48.6)

221 (49.22)

 

Female

24 (42.9)

38 (57.6)

47 (52.2)

109 (51.4)

228 (50.78)

Median age [IQR]

30 [25-40]

29 [24-42]

30 [24-40]

30 [24-40]

30 [25-42]

Age group

     
 

15-24:

13 (23.2)

19 (28.8)

27 (30.0)

59 (27.8)

110 (24.5)

25-34:

19 (33.9)

23 (34.9)

31 (34.4)

73 (34.4)

157 (35.0)

35-44:

12 (21.5)

9 (13.6)

16 (17.8)

37 (17.5)

76 (16.9)

45-54:

7 (12.5)

8 (12.1)

9 (10.0)

24 (11.3)

51 (11.4)

55-64:

4 (7.1)

4 (6.1)

5 (5.6)

13 (6.1)

40 (8.9)

>64:

0

2 (3.0)

1 (1.1)

3 (1.4)

11 (2.4)

 

missing:

1 (1.8)

1 (1.5)

1 (1.1)

3 (1.4)

4 (0.9)

Smear result

     
 

Smear positive

55 (98.2)

62 (93.9)

90 (100)

207 (97.6)

280 (62.4)

 

Smear negative

1 (1.8)

4 (6.1)

0

5 (2.4)

116 (25.8)

HIV

     
 

HIV+

12 (21.4)

1 (1.5)

3 (3.3)

16 (7.5)

36 (8.0)

 

HIV-

23 (41.1)

12 (18.2)

43 (47.8)

78 (36.8)

140 (31.2)

 

HIV unknown

21 (37.5)

53 (80.3)

44 (48.9)

118 (55.7)

273 (60.8)

Region of origin

     
 

Highlands

25 (44.6)

0

3 (3.3)

28 (13.2)

71 (15.8)

Coast

4 (7.2)

23 (34.9)

84 (93.3)

111 (52.3)

171 (38.1)

Other country

0

0

1 (1.1)

1 (0.5)

1 (0.2)

Unknown

27 (48.2)

43 (65.1)

2 (2.2)

72 (34.0)

206 (45.9)

History of TB treatment

     
 

No

50 (89.3)

42 (63.6)

75 (83.3)

167 (78.8)

355 (79.1)

Yes

2 (3.6)

5 (7.6)

11 (12.2)

18 (8.5)

50 (11.4)

Unknown

4 (7.1)

19 (28.8)

4 (4.5)

27 (12.7)

44 (9.8)

  1. *Data of 212 samples for which drug susceptibility was tested compared to 449 enrolled patients diagnosed with any type of TB. IQR = interquartile range.