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Table 1 Characteristics of participants from whom mycobacterial isolates used in the study were obtained (N = 361)

From: Genotyping and drug susceptibility testing of mycobacterial isolates from population-based tuberculosis prevalence survey in Ghana

Characteristic

MTBC

p value

NTM

p value

Total

n (%)

n (%)

N (%)

Gender

 Male

91 (55.2)

0.0001

68 (34.7)

 

159 (44.0)

 Female

74 (44.8)

 

128 (65.3)

0.0001

202 (56.0)

Age group

 15–24

25 (15.2)

 

33 (16.8)

 

58 (16.1)

 25–34

22 (13.3)

 

35 (17.9)

 

57 (15.8)

 35–44

22 (13.3)

 

31 (15.8)

 

53 (14.7)

 45–54

31 (18.8)

 

22 (11.2)

 

53 (14.7)

 55–64

23 (13.9)

 

20 (10.2)

 

43 (11.9)

 65+

42 (25.5)

0.63

55 (28.1)

0.63

97 (26.8)

TB Historya

 Yes

6 (3.6)

 

0 (0)

 

6 (1.7)

 No

159 (96.4)

 

196 (100)

 

355(98.3)

  1. MTBC Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, NTM Non-tuberculous mycobacterium
  2. aParticipants who have been diagnosed with TB and treated prior to the prevalence survey