|
Parameters
|
Patients with PTB(n =449)
|
Patients with EPTB(n = 133)
|
Test
|
P value
|
|---|
|
Age (years)
|
|
Mean ± SD
|
50.56±15.65
|
50.17±16.69
|
0.18
|
0.86
|
|
Range
|
1 – 77
|
2 – 77
|
|
Age groups
|
|
0 – 15
|
5 (1.1%)
|
4 (3.0%)
|
7.06
|
0.07
|
|
16 – 35
|
122 (27.2%)
|
38 (28.6%)
| | |
|
36 – 60
|
229 (51.0%)
|
54 (40.6%)
| | |
|
>60
|
93 (20.7%)
|
37 (27.8%)
| | |
|
Gender
|
|
Male
|
333 (74.2%)
|
93 (69.9%)
|
0.94
|
0.33
|
|
Female
|
116 (25.8%)
|
40 (30.1%)
| | |
|
Residence
|
|
Rural
|
368 (82.0%)
|
105(78.9%)
|
0.61
|
0.43
|
|
Urban
|
81 (18.0%)
|
28 (21.1%)
|
|
Contact with a known TB patient
|
|
Yes
|
225 (50.1%)
|
63 (47.4%)
|
0.31
|
0.58
|
|
No
|
224 (49.9%)
|
70 (52.6%)
|
|
Previous anti-TB treatment
|
|
New case
|
425 (94.7%)
|
107 (80.5%)
|
26.36
|
<0.001**
|
|
Retreated case
|
24 (5.3%)
|
26 (19.5%)
|
- ** Highly significant statistical difference; Quantitative data was analyzed using Mann Whitney U test, Qualitative data was analyzed using Chi square test (X2)
