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Table 3 Clinical and biomedical characteristics of presumptive cases

From: A cost–benefit algorithm for rapid diagnosis of tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance detection during mass screening campaigns

Characteristics

Prisons (N=3672)

Village (N= 403)

Gender

  

 Female

94 (2.6%)

226 (56.1%)

Age in years (mean(min.–max.))

35.4 (22–62)

46.1 (16–90)

Clinical symptoms

  

 Cough

3672 (100%)

29 (7.7%)

 Fever

1752 (47.7%)

278 (69.3%)

 Hemoptytis

813 (22.1%)

46 (11.6%)

 Night sweats

1908 (52%)

253 (63.1%)

 Chest pain

337 (83.8%)

 Dyspnea

547 (14.9%)

232 (57.9%)

 Weight loss

279 (70.1%)

Alcohol

1369 (37.3%)

64 (16%)

Smokers

1239 (33%)

10 (2.6%)