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Table 1 Sociodemographics, prison variables and tuberculin skin test results stratified by gender in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil (N = 3,380)

From: Active and latent tuberculosis in Brazilian correctional facilities: a cross-sectional study

 

Gender

 

(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