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Table 1 Characteristics of treated tuberculosis patients (n = 72)

From: Risk of latent tuberculosis infection in children living in households with tuberculosis patients: a cross sectional survey in remote northern Lao People's Democratic Republic

 

Completed treatment

Ongoing

treatment

Total

 

n = 42 (%)

N = 30 (%)

n = 72 (%)

Male

29 (69.0)

19 (63.3)

48 (66.7)

Age (years, range)

45.5 (17–75)

43.4 (17–73)

46.6 (16–75)

Belong to ethnic minority

32 (76.1)

20 (66.6)

38 (52.7)

- Lao Thung

13 (30.9)

6 (20.0)

18 (25.0)

- Lao Sung

19 (45.2)

14 (46.6)

25 (34.7)

Main occupation

   

- farmers

29 (69.0)

21 (70.0)

50 (69.4)

- no occupation*

11 (26.1)

7 (23.3)

18 (25.0)

Education

   

- illiterate

26 (61.9)

20 (66.6)

46 (63.4)

- primary education

10 (23.8)

8 (25.0)

18 (25.0)

- secondary education

6 (14.2)

2 (11.1)

8 (11.1)

Mean distance to Health Centre (km) (range)

5.5 (± 3.6)

4.0 (1–10)

4.7 (3.9–5.5)

Compliant with treatment

32 (75.1)

26 (86.6)

58 (80.5)

- mean duration of treatment before stop (days)

215.4

(57–240)

NA

199

(62–235)

Clinical observations

26 (61.9)

17 (56.6)

43 (59.7)

- chronic cough**

20 (47.6)

17 (56.6)

37 (51.4)

- persistent expectoration***

18 (42.8)

11 (36.6)

29 (40.3)

Weight (kg, range)

44.16 (± 8.0)

40.60 (27–54)

42.7 (22–64)

Underweight: BMI < 18.5

26 (61.9)

20 (66.6)

46 (63.9)

- severely underweight: BMI < 16

9 (21.4)

10 (33.33)

19 (26.4)

  1. Mean with 95% confidence interval
  2. * Others were students (n = 2), civil servants (n = 1), teachers (n = 1), and retired (n = 1)
  3. ** Other symptoms were night sweat (n = 11, 6.5%), and fever (n = 7, 4.1%)
  4. *** More than 3 weeks