Table 2 Characteristics of pulmonary tuberculosis patients according to the type of treatment from October 2009 to September 2010
Characteristics | FDC-RHZE | RH-FDC + Z | Total | p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
Age | |||||||
<38 years | 1952 | 52.2 | 4100 | 55.6 | 6052 | 54.5 | 0.001 |
≥38 years | 1785 | 47.8 | 3.274 | 44.4 | 5059 | 45.5 | |
Total | 3737 | 7374 | 11111 | ||||
Sex | |||||||
Feminine | 1301 | 34.8 | 2539 | 34.4 | 384 | 34.6 | 0.689 |
Masculine | 2436 | 65.2 | 4835 | 65.6 | 7271 | 65.4 | |
Total | 3737 | 7374 | 11111 | ||||
Illiteracy | |||||||
No | 3487 | 96.4 | 7035 | 97.4 | 10522 | 97.0 | 0.003 |
Yes | 132 | 3.7 | 189 | 2.6 | 321 | 3.0 | |
Total | 3619 | 7224 | 10843 | ||||
Higher education occupation | |||||||
No | 2773 | 97.0 | 5488 | 96.6 | 8261 | 96.7 | 0.384 |
Yes | 87 | 3.0 | 193 | 3.4 | 280 | 3.3 | |
Total | 286 | 5681 | 8541 | ||||
Living in prisons | |||||||
No | 3362 | 91.8 | 6320 | 87.9 | 9682 | 89.2 | 0.000 |
Yes | 302 | 8.2 | 869 | 12.1 | 1171 | 10.8 | |
Total | 3664 | 7189 | 10853 | ||||
Alcohol use | |||||||
No | 2835 | 81.8 | 5256 | 85.8 | 8091 | 84.3 | 0.000 |
Yes | 632 | 18.2 | 870 | 14.2 | 1502 | 15.7 | |
Total | 3467 | 6126 | 9593 | ||||
Diabetes | |||||||
No | 3174 | 92.4 | 5505 | 91.6 | 8679 | 91.9 | 0.174 |
Yes | 262 | 7.6 | 505 | 8.4 | 767 | 8.1 | |
Total | 3436 | 6010 | 9446 | ||||
Mental disorder | |||||||
No | 3363 | 97.8 | 5896 | 97.4 | 9259 | 97.5 | 0.194 |
Yes | 76 | 2.2 | 160 | 2.6 | 236 | 2.5 | |
Total | 3439 | 6056 | 9495 | ||||
Other co-morbidities | |||||||
No | 2640 | 81.3 | 4687 | 84.0 | 7327 | 83.0 | 0.001 |
Yes | 608 | 18.7 | 896 | 16.1 | 1504 | 17.0 | |
Total | 3248 | 5583 | 8831 | ||||
DOT | |||||||
No | 2746 | 75.9 | 5390 | 76.0 | 8136 | 75.9 | 0.954 |
Yes | 872 | 24.1 | 1706 | 24.0 | 2578 | 24.1 | |
Total | 3618 | 7096 | 10714 | ||||
HIV status | |||||||
Negative | 1267 | 74.7 | 2011 | 76.7 | 3278 | 75.9 | 0.135 |
Positive | 430 | 25.3 | 614 | 23.4 | 1044 | 24.1 | |
Total | 1697 | 2625 | 4322 | ||||