Characteristics | n = 153 |
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Age, years (mean ± SD) | 42.6 ± 15.7 |
Male sex, n (%) | 90 (58.8) |
White race, n (%) | 88 (57.5) |
< 8 years schooling, n (%) | 81 (52.9) |
Literate, n (%) | 141 (92.2) |
Living alone, n (%) | 30 (19.6) |
Belief in a religion, n (%) | 126 (82.4) |
Monthly household income < 1 standard minimum wage*, n (%) | 51 (33.3) |
Living in Porto Alegre, n (%) | 101 (66.0) |
Institutionalization, n (%) | 23 (15) |
Smoking habit, n (%) | |
Never smoker | 55 (35.9) |
Current smoker | 42 (27.5) |
Former smoker | 56 (36.6) |
Alcoholism, n (%) | 53 (34.6) |
Drug use, n (%) | 50 (32.7) |
Marijuana, n (%) | 29 (19.0) |
Cocaine use, n (%) | 27 (17.6) |
Crack use, n (%) | 35 (22.9) |
HIV positive, n (%) | 77 (51.1) |
Non-HIV immunosuppression, n (%) | 22 (14.4) |
Sought care elsewhere before hospitalization, n (%) | 113 (73.9) |
Forms of TB, n (%) | |
Pulmonary TB | 127 (83.0) |
Milliary TB | 19 (12.4) |
Pleuropulmonary TB | 7 (4.6) |
Total time until diagnosis (days), median (IR) | 60.0 (30.0-90.5) |
Patient delay (days), median (IR) | 30.0 (7.0-60.0) |
Health care system delay (days), median (IR) | 18.0 (9.0-39.5) |