Characteristics of pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Moses Kotane region North West Province, South Africa

Figures & data

Figure 1: Sampling flow chart.

Table 1: Baseline characteristic of participants

Variable	Categories	No. (proportion)
Age	< 1 0	4 (1.6%)
	11–20	22 (9.6%)
	21–30	51 (22.3%)
	31–40	75 (32.7%)
	41–50	48 (21.0%)
	51–60	23 (10%)
	61–70	5 (2.0%)
	> 70	1 (0.4%)
Sex	Male	108 (47.2%)
	Female	121 (52.8%)
Employment	Yes	69 (30.1%)
	No	160 (69.9%)
DOT	Yes	152 (66.4%)
	No	77 (33.6%)

Table 2: Tuberculosis and concurrent medical conditions

Condition	Yes	No
HIV	154 (67.3%)	75 (32.7%)
Hypertension	7 (3.1%)	222 (96.9%)
Diabetes mellitus	2 (0.9%)	227 (99.1%)
Epilepsy	1 (0.4%)	228 (99.6%)
Mental condition	1 (0.4%)	228 (99.6%)

Table 3: Association between variables and cure

Variable	Cured	Not cured	p-value
Mean age (years)	36.4	34.0	0.195
Male sex (n = 108)	79 (73.2%)	29 (26.8%)	0.135
Female sex (n = 121	97 (80.2%)	24 (19.8%)	0.214
Employment (n = 69)	56 (81.2%)	13 (18.8%)	0.394
Unemployment (160)	120 (68.2%)	40 (31.8%)
DOT support (n = 152)	130 (85.5%)	22 (14.5%)	0.00002
HIV positive (n = 154)	119 (77.3%)	35 (22.7%)	0.477
Hypertension (n = 7)	7	0	0.11
Diabetes mellitus (n = 2)	2	0	0.3
Epilepsy (n = 1)	1	0	0.43
Mental conditions (n = 1)	0	1	0.43
Female contraception (n = 7)	7	0	0.11