Table 1 Comparison of mean ages of TB patients whose isolates were included in this study

N° of individuals

1298

100

572

467

84

54

12

Individuals with age data

766

100

410

212

22

15

7

Mean age

(years)

38.0

(37–39)

36.8

(33–41)

37.8

(36–39)

40.0

(37–41)

31.2

(23–39)

44.7

(34–55)

42.6

(27–58)

N° of females

304

36

151

66

33

11

4

% Females

31

36

29

30

46

24

33

Female with

age data

241

36

118

66

13

6

2

Mean Female age

(years)

36.2

(34–38)

38.5

(32–45)

35.1

(32–38)

37.6

(33–42)

24.5

(15–34)

48.8

(30–67)

N° of males

670

64

373

157

38

34

8

% Males

Males with

age data

525

64

292

156

9

9

5

Mean Male Age

38.8

(37–40)

35.8

(31–41)

38.8

(37–41)

39.6

(37–42)

40.9

(28–54)

42.0

(30–54)

Difference M/F

Mean age

p value

0.05

0.52

0.03

0.39

0.05

0.54