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Table 1 Background characteristics of 1,250 pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) patients and 355 neighborhood controls 1

From: CD4 lymphocyte dynamics in Tanzanian pulmonary tuberculosis patients with and without hiv co-infection

 

Pulmonary TB patients (n = 1250)

Controls (n = 355)

P

Age (y)

36.5 (35.7; 37.2)

33.9 (32.7; 35.2)

< 0.001

Female sex, % (n)

40.8 (510)

45.4 (161)

0.13

Ethnicity, % (n)

   

Wasukuma

45.6 (570)

46.3 (164)

0.82

Marital status, % (n)

   

Single

24.8 (308)

25.2 (89)

< 0.001

Married/cohabiting

53.1 (658)

68.8 (243)

 

Separated/divorced/widowed

22.1 (274)

6.0 (21)

 

Occupation, % (n)

   

Farmer/fisherman

39.1 (488)

32.2 (114)

0.06

Business/employed

36.1 (450)

40.4 (143)

 

Other

24.8 (309)

27.4 (97)

 

HIV infection, % (n)

50.6 (633)

9.9 (35)

< 0.001

  1. 1 Pulmonary TB status was based on culture, except where culture data were not available. For each of 355 consecutive sputum positive TB patients an age- and sex-matched neighborhood control was selected. Data or mean (95% confidence interval) or % (n).
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