Table 1 Distribution of demographic and treatment characteristics of cases and controls
From: Characteristics of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Namibia
Cases (N = 117) | Controls (N = 251) | p valuea | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) or Mean (SD) | n (%) or Mean (SD) | |||||
Education, years of schooling | 7.5 (3.8) | 7.4 (3.6) | 0.87 | |||
Household size, number of people | 6.3 (4.2) | 5.8 (4.8) | 0.31 | |||
Age (yrs.) | <21 | 11 | (9) | 25 | (10) | 0.89 |
21-29 | 23 | (20) | 52 | (21) | ||
30-39 | 41 | (35) | 95 | (38) | ||
40-49 | 27 | (23) | 46 | (18) | ||
50-64 | 12 | (10) | 23 | (9) | ||
65+ | 3 | (3) | 10 | (4) | ||
Male | 65 | (56) | 139 | (55) | 0.93 | |
Married/partnered | 33 | (28) | 63 | (25) | 0.35 | |
Born in Namibia | 111 | (95) | 242 | (96) | 1.00 | |
Treatment city | Windhoek | 36 | (31) | 79 | (31) | <.0001 |
Walvis Bay | 23 | (19) | 28 | (11) | ||
Oshakati | 23 | (19) | 49 | (20) | ||
Onandjokwe | 7 | (6) | 26 | (10) | ||
Grootfontein | 8 | (7) | 22 | (9) | ||
Rundu | 7 | (6) | 10 | (4) | ||
Luderitz | 6 | (5) | 10 | (4) | ||
Otijiwarongo | 4 | (4) | 12 | (5) | ||
Keetmanshoop | 3 | (3) | 15 | (6) | ||
Currently hospitalized | 97 | (83) | 77 | (31) | <.0001 | |
Current treatment regimen | Category I | 0 | (0) | 157 | (63) | <.0001 |
Category II | 1 | (1) | 94 | (37) | ||
Category IV | 116 | (99) | 0 | (0) | ||
Documented HIV testing | 108 | (92) | 212 | (84) | 0.04 | |
HIV- infectedb | 55 | (51) | 141 | (67) | 0.007 | |
Documented CD4 test resultc | 24 | (44) | 56 | (40) | 0.76 | |
Receiving ART c | 32 | (58) | 59 | (42) | 0.04 | |
Documented DST result | ALL | 117 | (100) | 4 | (2) | <.0001 |
MDR-TB | 112 | (96) | 0 | (0) | ||
XDR-TBd | 5 | (4) | 0 | (0) | ||
Previous TB treatment | 113 | (97) | 115 | (46) | <.0001 | |
Previous Category IV treatment | 35 | (30) | 0 | (0) | <.0001 | |