Table 1 Characteristics of patients with a first episode of tuberculosis by their HIV screening status, San Juan de Lurigancho, 2010–2011
From: HIV screening among newly diagnosed TB patients: a cross sectional study in Lima, Peru
Characteristics | Screened | Not screened for unknown reasons | Opted out of screening |
|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
Sex | |||
Female | 394 (39.9%) | 69 (36.3%) | 39 (33.1%) |
Male | 593 (60.1%) | 121 (63.7%) | 79 (66.9%) |
Age, in years | |||
18–34 | 721 (73.0%) | 137 (72.1%) | 83 (71.0%) |
35–49 | 210 (21.3%) | 41 (21.6%) | 24 (20.5%) |
> 50 | 57 (5.7%) | 12 (6.3%) | 10 (8.5%) |
Weight loss reported by the patient | |||
Yes | 798 (81.1%) | 162 (85.3%) | 94 (79.7%) |
No | 186 (18.9%) | 28 (14.7%) | 24 (20.3%) |
Location of health facility in district area | |||
Lowest area | 199 (20.2%) | 25 (13.2%) | 8 (6.8%) |
Middle area | 314 (31.8%) | 35 (18.4%) | 12 (10.2%) |
Highest area | 259 (26.2%) | 73 (38.4%) | 63 (53.4%) |
High area | 215 (21.8%) | 57 (30.0%) | 35 (29.6%) |
Education | |||
Primary school or less | 400 (40.6%) | 87 (45.8%) | 60 (50.8%) |
High school | 365 (37.0%) | 67 (35.3%) | 36 (30.6%) |
Higher education | 221 (22.4%) | 36 (18.9%) | 22 (18.6%) |
Socioeconomic status | |||
Poor | 240 (26.0%) | 48 (27.3%) | 30 (28.3%) |
Not poor | 685 (74.0%) | 128 (72.7%) | 76 (71.7%) |
Marital status | |||
Married / cohabiting | 369 (37.4%) | 65 (34.3%) | 53 (45.0%) |
Divorced | 72 (7.3%) | 16 (8.4%) | 5 (4.2%) |
Single | 521 (52.8%) | 101 (53.1%) | 56 (47.5%) |
Widow | 25 (2.5%) | 8 (4.2%) | 4 (3.3%) |
Illegal drug consumption | |||
No | 838 (84.9%) | 140 (73.7%) | 99 (83.9%) |
Yes | 149 (15.1%) | 50 (26.3%) | 19 (16.1%) |
Alcohol consumption (CAGE score) | |||
Alcoholism | 52 (8.9%) | 13 (10.7%) | 7 (9.3%) |
No alcoholism | 534 (91.1%) | 109 (89.3%) | 68 (90.7%) |
Ex prison inmate | |||
Yes | 49 (5.0%) | 8 (4.2%) | 4 (3.4%) |
No | 936 (95.0%) | 182 (95.8%) | 114 (96.6%) |
Diabetes mellitus, as reported by the patient | |||
Yes | 41 (4.2%) | 9 (4.7%) | 5 (4.2%) |
No | 944 (95.8%) | 181 (95.3%) | 113 (95.8%) |
Type of TB treatment regimen | |||
Regimen for drug sensitive TB | 970 (98.3%) | 189 (99.5%) | 116 (98.3%) |
Regimens for drug resistant TB | 17 (1.7%) | 1 (0.5%) | 2 (1.7%) |
Employment | |||
Yes | 695 (70.4%) | 138 (72.6%) | 83 (70.3%) |
No | 190 (19.3%) | 40 (21.1%) | 21 (17.8%) |
Student | 102 (10.3%) | 12 (6.3%) | 14 (11.9%) |
Study period | |||
1 | 261 (26.4%) | 39 (20.5%) | 34 (28.8%) |
2 | 233 (23.6%) | 42 (22.1%) | 28 (23.7%) |
3 | 258 (26.2%) | 64 (33.7%) | 18 (15.3%) |
4 | 235 (23.8%) | 45 (23.7%) | 38 (32.2%) |
Place of birth | |||
Coastal region | 611 (62.0%) | 116 (61.1%) | 74 (62.7%) |
Jungle region | 138 (14.0%) | 27 (14.2%) | 19 (16.1%) |
Andean region | 237 (24.0%) | 47 (24.7%) | 25 (21.2%) |