Rifampicin resistance in mycobacterium tuberculosis patients using GeneXpert at Livingstone Central Hospital for the year 2015: a cross sectional explorative study

Table 1 Comparison between those with or without Rifampicin and demographic & characteristics

characteristic	n (%)		p-value
characteristic	RR detected	RR Not detected
Sex^a
Male	5 (55.6)	89 (65.0)	0.721^f
Female	4 (44.4)	48 (35.0)	0.4989^prr
Total	9 (100)	137 (100)
HIV status^b
HIV Negative	0 (0)	2 (1.8)	1.000^f
HIV Positive	7 (100)	110 (98.2)
Total	7 (100)	112 (100)
Mycobacteria Tuberculosis grading (MTB)^c
Very low	1 (25.0)	29 (22.0)	0.912^f
Low	1 (25.0)	52 (39.4)
Medium	1 (25.0)	28 (21.2)
High	1 (25.0)	23 (17.4)
Total	4 (100)	132 (100)

RR Rifampicin resistance, ^prrone sample test of proportions between males and females who had RR, ^f Fisher’s exact test used
^asex was not recorded for 6 patients hence not factored in the statistical test
^bHIV status was not recorded for 33 patients
^cMycobacteria Tuberculosis grading was not recorded for 16 patients

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