From: Active and latent tuberculosis in Brazilian correctional facilities: a cross-sectional study
Gender | |||
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(Number/percentage) | |||
Variables | Male | Female | P value |
N = 2,861 | N = 519 | ||
TST-positive | 620/2752 (22.5) | 60/511 (11.7) | <0.01 |
Active TB | 29/2861 (1) | 2/519 (0) | 0.2 |
Reason for admission | <0.01 | ||
Drug trafficking | 1142/2360 (48) | 383/437 (88) | |
Theft | 741/2360 (31) | 30/437 (7) | |
Homicide | 324/2360 (14) | 14/437 (3) | |
Sexual abuse | 64/2360 (3) | 1/437 (0) | |
Other | 87/2360 (4) | 9/437 (2) | |
Sociodemographics | |||
Age, years, mean ± SD | 32 ± 10 | 32 ± 10 | 0.52 |
Marital status, single | 1522/2840 (54) | 332/506 (66) | <0.01 |
Race | <0.01 | ||
White | 912/2747 (33) | 137/470 (29) | |
Mixed | 1366/2747 (50) | 283/470 (60) | |
Black | 370/2747 (14) | 34/470 (7) | |
Indigenous | 37/2747 (1) | 4/470 (1) | |
Asian | 62/2747 (2) | 12/470 (3) | |
Resides in MS | 1889/2861(66) | 277/519 (53) | <0.01 |
Less than 4 years of schooling | 1195/2794 (43) | 282/514 (55) | <0.01 |
Diabetes | 78/2399 (3) | 22/494 (5) | 0.18 |
Current smoker | 1551/2830 (55) | 284/519 (55) | 0.97 |
Drug use over the last year | 1543/2861(54) | 199/519 (38) | <0.01 |
Previous TB | 176/2817 (6) | 14/518 (3) | <0.01 |
HIV-positive | 45/2847 (1.6) | 10/518 (1.9) | 0.56 |
Prison | |||
Previously incarcerated | 1758/2836 (62) | 207/517 (40) | <0.01 |
Knows someone with TB | 1196/2784 (43) | 124/511 (24) | <0.01 |
Prisoners per cell, mean ± SD | 16 ± 12 | 22 ± 15 | <0.01 |
Duration of incarceration, months, mean ± SD | 20 ± 27 | 12 ± 13 | <0.01 |
Other prisoners coughing in the cell | 845/2830 (30) | 211/517 (41) | <0.01 |