Table 1 Background characteristics of Danish and Tanzanian TB patients
From: Negative effect of smoking on the performance of the QuantiFERON TB gold in tube test
Danish patients (n = 34) | Tanzanian patients (n = 172) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-smokers (n = 14) | Smokers (n = 20) | p | Non-smokers (n = 149) | Smokers (n = 23) | p | |
Male sex, n (%) | 8 (57) | 16 (80) | 0.15 | 89 (60) | 20 (87) | 0.01 |
Age, median (range) | 29 (24–76) | 50 (23–62) | 0.10 | 32 (15–84) | 32 (22–69) | 0.50 |
Alcohol, n (%)* | 0 (0) | 7 (35) | 0.03 | 27(18) | 16 (70) | <0.001 |
HIV, n (%) | 1 (7) | 3 (15) | 0.63 | 71 (48) | 4 (17) | 0.01 |