Table 1 Characteristics of PTB cases identified in the study area and in the sample, stratified by Brazilian or other South American nationalities
Brazilians (n = 266) | South American migrants (n = 81) | Total (n = 347) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | p value* | |
Mean age in years (SD) | 38.0 (13.6) | 27.0 (8.9) | 35.4 (13.5) | < 0.001 |
Sex | 0.130 | |||
Male | 197 (74.1) | 53 (65.4) | 250 (72.1) | |
Female | 69 (25.9) | 28 (34.6) | 97 (27.9) | |
School attendance | 0.191 | |||
0–3 | 17 (7.62) | 3 (4.9) | 20 (7.0) | |
4–7 | 74 (33.2) | 14 (22.9) | 88 (31.0) | |
8–11 | 101 (45.3) | 30 (49.2) | 131 (46.1) | |
12+ | 31 (13.9) | 14 (23.0) | 284 (15.9) | |
Case | < 0.001 | |||
New | 187 (72.2) | 75 (93.8) | 262 (77.3) | |
Retreatment/relapse | 72 (27.8) | 5 (6.2) | 77 (22.7) | |
Treatment outcome | 0.318 | |||
Cure | 178 (70.1) | 56 (77.8) | 234 (71.8) | |
Loss of follow-up | 60 (23.6) | 11 (15.3) | 71 (21.8) | |
Death/failure | 16 (6.3) | 5 (2.8) | 21 (6.4) | |
Sputum smear | 0.160 | |||
Negative | 50 (19.2) | 21 (26.6) | 71 (20.9) | |
Positive | 210 (80.8) | 58 (73.4) | 268 (79.1) | |
Drug resistancea | 0.596 | |||
No | 210 (87.5) | 70 (89.7) | 280 (88.1) | |
Yes | 30 (12.5) | 8 (10.3) | 38 (11.9) | |
HIV test | < 0.001 | |||
Negative | 162 (67.5) | 70 (97.2) | 232 (74.4) | |
Positive | 78 (32.5) | 2 (2.8) | 80 (25.6) | |
Diabetes | – | |||
No | 251 (94.4) | 81 (100) | 332 (95.7) | |
Yes | 15 (5.6) | 0 (0) | 15 (4.3) | |
Alcohol abuse | 0.002 | |||
No | 219 (82.3) | 78 (96.3) | 297 (85.6) | |
Yes | 47 (17.7) | 3 (3.7) | 50 (14.4) | |
Drug user | < 0.001 | |||
No | 210 (78.9) | 79 (97.5) | 289 (83.3) | |
Yes | 56 (21.1) | 2 (2.5) | 58 (16.7) |