Table 2 First presenting symptoms of patients with sputum smear-negative TB
From: Fiberoptic bronchoscopy for the rapid diagnosis of smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis
Symptoms | All suspects | TB | Non-TB | P-value | OR (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | N = 126 | N = 54 | N = 72 |  |  |
Cough, n (%) | 70 (55.6) | 34 (63.0) | 36 (50.0) | 0.147 | 1.70 (0.827–3.493) |
Sputum, n (%) | 42 (33.3) | 18 (33.3) | 24 (33.3) | 1.000 | 1.00 (0.473–2.114) |
Fever, n (%) | 27 (21.4) | 13 (24.1) | 14 (19.4) | 0.531 | 1.31 (0.559–3.087) |
Hemoptysis, n (%) | 31 (24.6) | 7 (13.0) | 24 (33.3) | 0.009 | 0.30 (0.117–0.757) |
Chest wall pain, n (%) | 22 (17.5) | 13 (24.1) | 9 (12.5) | 0.090 | 2.22 (0.870–5.662) |
Weight loss, n (%) | 4 (3.2) | 3 (5.6) | 1 (1.4) | 0.313 | 4.18 (0.422–41.308) |