Table 1 Characteristics of patients included in the study
From: Molecular epidemiology of Mycobacterium africanum in Ghana
Variable | N (Total = 1211) | % |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
   Male | 838 | 69.0 |
   Female | 373 | 31.0 |
Age category | ||
   yr 08–25 | 227 | 18.7 |
   yr 26–40 | 496 | 41.0 |
   yr 41–77 | 488 | 40.3 |
Residency | ||
   North | 99 | 8.2 |
   South | 1112 | 91.8 |
Occupation | ||
   Unskilled | 591 | 48.8 |
   Skilled | 314 | 26.0 |
   Unemployed | 306 | 25.2 |
Nationality | ||
   Ghanaian | 1160 | 95.8 |
   West Africans | 51 | 4.2 |
Income (GHC) | ||
   None | 449 | 37.1 |
   <100 | 184 | 15.2 |
   100–500 | 505 | 41.7 |
   >500 | 73 | 6.0 |
Smear positivity | ||
   Scanty 1–9 | 115 | 9.5 |
   +1 | 266 | 22.0 |
   +2 | 295 | 24.4 |
   +3 | 534 | 44.1 |
Ethnicity | ||
   Akan | 604 | 49.9 |
   Ewe | 184 | 15.2 |
   Ga | 280 | 23.1 |
   other | 143 | 11.8 |
HIV status | ||
   Positive | 160 | 13.2 |
Education | ||
   No Education | 346 | 28.6 |
   Primary | 134 | 11.1 |
   Secondary | 632 | 52.2 |
   Tertiary | 99 | 8.2 |
Presence of BCG Scar | ||
   Yes | 505 | 41.7 |