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Table 2 Epidemiological characteristics of 73 patients with tuberculosis diagnosis according to HTLV-1 infection

From: Tuberculosis incidence in a cohort of individuals infected with human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) in Salvador, Brazil

Characteristics

HTLV-1-infected

HTLV-1-uninfected

 

n = 33

%

n = 40

%

p value*

Age (years) Mean ± SD

49.7 ± 16.4

 

38.6 ± 15.9

 

0.005

Female

22

66.7

23

57.5

0.43

Educational level

    

0.009

Incomplete elementar

17

54.8

2

21.7

 

Completed elementar

10

32.3

7

30.4

 

High school graduate

4

12.9

11

47.8

 
  1. Age at the TB diagnosis. HTLV-1 = Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1; TB = tuberculosis; *Pearson Chi square, P < 0.05
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