Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the elderly and non-elderly PTB patients, Shandong Province, China, 2005–2017
From: Population aging and trends of pulmonary tuberculosis incidence in the elderly
Characteristics | Age ≥ 60 y, no. (%), n = 77,192 | Age < 60 y, no. (%), n = 162,515 | Total OR (95% CI), n = 239,707 | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 77,192(32.20) | 162,515(67.80) | 239,707 | <0.001 |
Sex | ||||
 Male | 59,284(76.80) | 107,624(66.22) | 1.688(1.656–1.722) | <0.001 |
 Female | 17,908(23.20) | 54,891(33.78) |  |  |
Stratum | ||||
 Rural | 70,288(91.06) | 121,729(74.90) | 3.411(3.320–3.505) | <0.001 |
 Urban | 6904(8.94) | 40,786(25.10) |  |  |
Ethnic group | ||||
 Han | 77,092(99.87) | 161,786(99.55) | 3.474(2.818–4.282) | <0.001 |
 Other | 100(0.13) | 729(0.45) |  |  |
Patients type | ||||
 Bacteriologically confirmed PTB | 39,958(51.76) | 76,280(46.94) | 1.213(1.193–1.234) | <0.001 |
 Clinically diagnosed PTB | 37,234(48.24) | 86,235(53.06) |  |  |
Geographical location | ||||
 Jinan | 6336(8.21) | 15,354(9.45) |  |  |
 Yantai | 7213(9.34) | 20,914(12.87) |  |  |
 Weifang | 8281(10.73) | 23,486(14.45) |  |  |
 Linyi | 23,078(29.90) | 40,330(24.82) |  |  |
 Dezhou | 8837(11.45) | 16,771(10.32) |  |  |
 Liaocheng | 12,352(16.0) | 22,639(13.93) |  |  |
 Jining | 11,095(14.37) | 23,021(14.17) |  | <0.001 |