Table 3 Types of EPTB among the study participants in the studied hospitals (n = 112)
Variables | Lymph node n = 43 (%) | Abdominal n = 28 (%) | Pleural n = 14 (%) | Bones/ Joints n = 1 (%) | Meningitis n = 22 (%) | Skin n = 4 (%) | Total cases n = 112 | P value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | ||||||||
Male | 19 (35.8) | 17 (32.1) | 5 (9.4) | 00 | 9 (17) | 3 (5.7) | 53 (47.3) | 0.366 |
Female | 24 (40.7) | 11 (18.6) | 9 (15.3) | 1 (1.7) | 13 (22) | 1 (1.7) | 59 (52.7) | |
Age (years) | ||||||||
≤ 2 | 6 (30) | 3 (15) | 2 (10) | 00 | 9 (45) | 00 | 20 (17.9) | 0.105 |
3–5 | 7 (36.8) | 5 (26.3) | 1 (5.3) | 00 | 5 (26.3) | 1 (5.3) | 19 (17) | |
6–10 | 18 (38.3) | 17 (36.2) | 6 (12.8) | 00 | 4 (8.5) | 2 (4.3) | 47 (42) | |
11–14 | 12 (46.2) | 3 (11.5) | 5 (19.2) | 1 (3.8) | 4 (15.4) | 1 (3.8) | 26 (23.1) | |
Weight (percentiles) | ||||||||
Normal | 11 (52.4) | 4 (19) | 2 (9.5) | 00 | 3 (14.3) | 1 (4.8) | 21 (18.8) | 0.765 |
Underweight** | 32 (35.2) | 24 (26.4) | 12 (13.2) | 1 (1.1) | 19 (20.9) | 3 (3.3) | 91 (81.2) | |
Residence | ||||||||
Rural | 14 (29.8) | 8 (17) | 6 (12.8) | 1 (2.1) | 16 (34) | 2 (4.3) | 47 (42) | 0.018 |
Urban | 29 (44.6) | 20 (30.8) | 8 (12.3) | 00 | 6 (9.2) | 2 (3.1) | 65 (58) | |
BCG scar | ||||||||
Present | 35 (36.5) | 24 (25) | 14 (14.5) | 1 (1) | 18 (18.8) | 4 (4.2) | 96 (85.7) | < 0.001 |
Absent | 8 (50) | 4 (25) | 00 | 00 | 4 (25) | 00 | 16 (14.3) | |
Registration Category at baseline | ||||||||
New | 41 (38.3) | 25 (23.4) | 14 (13.1) | 1 (0.9) | 22 (20.6) | 4 (3.7) | 107 (95.5) | 0.428 |
Retreated | 2 (40) | 3 (60) | 00 | 00 | 00 | 00 | 5 (4.5) | |
TST | ||||||||
Positive (≥10 mm) | 23 (53.5) | 13 (30.2) | 3 (7) | 00 | 4 (9.3) | 00 | 43 (38.4) | 0.019 |
Negative (<10 mm) | 20 (29) | 15 (21.7) | 11 (15.9) | 1 (1.4) | 18 (26.1) | 4 (5.8) | 69 (61.6) | |