Factors associated with unreported tuberculosis cases in Spanish hospitals

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 2 Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of tuberculosis cases

	Total		Reported
	N = 592		N = 507
Variables	n	%	n	%
Age (years)
18-30	146	24.7	128	25,25
31-50	237	40	212	41,81
51-64	62	10.5	52	10,26
>65	121	20.4	92	18,15
Unknown	26	4.4	23	4,54
Sex
Male	368	62.2	321	63,31
Female	214	36.1	179	35,31
Unknown	10	1.7	7	1,38
Employment
Employed	205	34.6	174	34,32
Unemployed	184	31.1	169	33,33
Retired	125	21.1	94	18,54
Unknown/On disability	78	13.2	70	13,81
Living situation
With family	423	71.5	371	73,18
Alone	42	7.1	33	6,51
In a group	64	10.8	53	10,45
Homeless	14	2.4	11	2,17
Incarcerated	10	1.7	8	1,58
Unknown	39	6.6	31	6,11
Center of diagnosis
Emergency department	320	54.1	283	55,82
Primary care	113	19.1	94	18,54
Specialized center	91	15.4	76	14,99
Unknown or other	68	11.5	54	10,65
Smoking
Non-smoker	318	53.7	272	53,65
Smoker	194	32.8	176	34,71
Ex-smoker	80	13.5	59	11,64
Alcohol Use
Yes	116	19.6	104	20,51
No	467	78.9	395	77,91
Unknown	9	1.5	8	1,58
HIV status
Positive	25	4.2	23	4,54
Negative	446	75.3	384	75,74
Not known by patient	110	18.6	91	17,95
Unknown	11	1.9	9	1,78
Previous tuberculosis treatment
No	543	91.7	464	91,52
Yes	34	5.7	29	5,72
Unknown	15	2.5	14	2,76
Country of origin
Spain	401	67.7	334	65,88
Other	191	32.3	173	34,12
Drug resistance
No	579	97.8	496	97,83
Yes	13	2.2	11	2,17
Chest radiograph
Abnormal with cavitation	208	35.1	191	37,67
Abnormal without cavitation	284	48	235	46,35
Normal	71	12	57	11,24
Unknown	29	4.9	24	4,73
Microbiology
Smear-positive	287	48.5	260	51,28
Smear-negative and culture-positive	222	37.5	179	35,31
Smear-negative and culture-negative	67	11.3	55	10,85
Other	16	2.7	13	2,56
Tuberculosis involvement
Pulmonary	405	68.4	362	71,40
Extrapulmonary	71	12	54	10,65
Mixed	44	7.4	36	7,10
Unknown	72	12.2	55	10,85

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