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Table 8 Association between the occurrence of most predominant genotypic lineage (East African-Indian) and clinical/epidemiological features of the patients

From: Genetic variability in multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in North India

Variable

Category

Total no. of isolates (n = 240)

East African-Indian

Isolates (n = 159) (%)

Others genotypic lineage

(n = 81) (%)

p-value

Gender

Female

86

54 (33.96)

32 (39.50)

0.397

Male

154

105 (66.03)

49 (60.49)

Age

18–35

163

109 (68.55)

54 (66.66)

0.847

36–55

54

36 (22.64)

18 (22.22)

Above 55

23

14 (8.80)

9 (11.11)

Living conditions

Rural

95

63 (39.62)

32 (39.50)

0.986

Urban

145

96 (60.37)

49 (60.49)

Weight loss

No

39

26 (16.35)

13 (16.04)

0.952

Yes

201

133 (83.64)

68 (83.95)

Previous history of TB treatment

No

83

49 (30.81)

34 (41.97)

0.0857

Yes

157

110 (69.18)

47 (58.02)