Table 1 Demographical and clinical characteristics of the recruited patients:
Variable | Entire sample N and % (n = 1440) | New cases N and % (n = 1046) | Retreatment cases N and % (n = 394) | MDR/RR/Non-MDR/RR-TB (p value) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
MDR/RR | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 MDR/RR | 618 (42.9) | 363 (34.7) | 255 (64.7) | (in applicable) |
 No MDR/RR | 822 (57.1) | 683 (65.3) | 139 (35.3) |  |
Gender | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Male | 1058 (73.5) | 755 (72.2) | 303 (76.9) | 0.856 |
 Female | 382 (26.5) | 291 (27.8) | 91 (23.1) |  |
Age, median years (range) | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 < 41 years | 715 (43.7) | 524 (50.1) | 191 (48.5) |  < 0.001 |
  ≥41 years | 725 (50.3) | 522 (49.9) | 203 (51.5) |  |
Place of residence | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Country side | 440 (30.6) | 311 (29.7) | 129 (32.7) | 0.149 |
 City | 1000 (69.4) | 735 (70.3) | 265 (67.3) |  |
Social status | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Not working | 989 (68.7) | 675 (64.5) | 314 (79.7) | (inapplicable) |
 Working | 244 (16.9) | 203 (19.4) | 41 (10.4) |  |
 Retired | 173 (12.0) | 136 (13.0) | 37 (9.4) |  |
 Student | 28 (1.9) | 26 (2.5) | 2 (0.5) |  |
 Not organized child | 4 (0.3) | 4 (0.4) | 0 |  |
 In military service | 2 (0.1) | 2 (0.2) | 0 |  |
Living conditions: | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Homeless | 151 (10.5) | 86 (8.2) | 65 (16.5) | (inapplicable) |
 Bed in designated facility | 44 (3.1) | 12 (1.1) | 32 (8.1) |  |
 Room in Dormitory | 13 (0.9) | 9 (0.9) | 4 (1.0) |  |
 Room in separate apartment | 11 (0.8) | 10 (1.0) | 1 (0.3) |  |
 Separate house | 335 (23.3) | 241 (23.0) | 94 (23.9) |  |
Substances abuse | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No official records | 1385 (96.2) | 1006 (97.8) | 379 (96.2) | (inapplicable) |
 Alcoholism | 51 (3.5) | 37 (3.5) | 14 (3.6) |  |
 Drug abuse | 4 (0.3) | 3 (0.3) | 1 (0.3) |  |
Circumstance of TB discovery | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Visit with symptoms to healthcare facility | 540 (37.5) | 422 (40.3) | 118 (29.9) | 0.005 |
 Discovered actively by healthcare facility | 900 (62.5) | 624 (59.7) | 276 (70.1) |  |
 Imprisonment history |  |  |  |  |
 No official history of detention | 1362 (94.6) | 1023 (97.8) | 339 (86.0) |  < 0.001 |
 Being in detention or history of detention | 78 (5.4) | 23 (2.2) | 55 (14.0) |  |
Cavitary disease | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No cavities | 646 (44.9) | 483 (46.2) | 163 (41.4) |  < 0.001 |
 Presence of cavities | 794 (55.1) | 563 (53.8) | 231 (58.6) |  |
Disabilities | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 No disability | 1354 (94.0) | 1001 (95.7) | 353 (89.6) |  < 0.001 |
 Presence of disability | 86 (6.0) | 45 (4.3) | 41 (10.4) |  |
TB localization: | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Pulmonary TB | 1401 (97.3) | 1011 (96.7) | 390 (99.0) | (inapplicable) |
 TB of lungs’ lymph system, pleural | 29 (2.0) | 26 (2.5) | 3 (0.8) |  |
 Non thoracic TB | 10 (0.7) | 9 (0.9) | 1 (0.2) |  |
HIV status | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Negative | 1321 (91.7) | 967 (92.4) | 354 (89.8) |  < 0.001 |
 Positive | 119 (8.3) | 79 (7.6) | 40 (10.2) |  |