Table 2 Disease sites in older and younger tuberculosis patients
From: Clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of tuberculosis in the elderly: a case control study
Characteristics | Older | Younger | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Sites of disease | n = 199 | n = 271 | |
Pulmonary TB | 155 (78) | 183 (68) | 0.044 |
Pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB | 18 (9) | 39 (14) | |
Extrapulmonary TB | 26 (13) | 49 (18) | |
Locations of pulmonary TB | n = 173 | n = 222 | |
Upper* | 109 (63) | 159 (72) | 0.066 |
Middle or lower | 64 (37) | 65 (28) | |
Locations of extrapulmonary TB† | n = 44 | n = 88 | |
Pleural TB | 24 (53) | 36 (41) | 0.144 |
Tuberculous lymphadenitis | 8 (18) | 31 (35) | 0.046 |
Skeletal TB | 7 (16) | 10 (11) | 0.582 |
Tuberculous pericarditis | 4 (9) | 2 (2) | 0.095 |
Miliary TB | 1(2) | 4 (5) | 0.664 |
Tuberculous peritonitis | 2 (4) | 2 (2) | 0.600 |
CNS TB | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 1.000 |
Intestinal TB | 0 (0) | 3 (3) | 0.550 |
Genitourinary TB | 0 (0) | 3 (3) | 0.550 |