Table 1 Cohort characteristics

Age, years

<16

243 (7.6 %)

16–34

1482 (46.4 %)

35–50

831 (26 %)

50+

635 (19.9)

Gender male

Male

1466 (57.5 %)

Female

1078 (42.3 %)

Ethnicity code

White

616 (23.0 %)

Black African/Caribbean

977 (36.5 %)

Asian

641 (23.9 %)

Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa

297 (11.1 %)

Americas

148 (5.5 %)

Site of disease

Pulmonary or mediastinal lymph node

1780 (55.2 %)

Pleural or pericardial

233 (7.2 %)

Abdominal

119 (3.7 %)

Miliary/disseminated

75 (2.3 %)

Bone and joint

197 (6.1 %)

Peripheral lymph node

533 (16.5 %)

Skin and soft tissue

31 (1.0 %)

CNS

126 (3.9 %)

Other/unknown

128 (4.0 %)

Culture status

Culture negative

1027 (32.5 %)

Culture positive

2136 (67.5 %)

Smear status (pulmonary cases)

Smear negative

598 (54.7 %)

Smear positive

495 (45.3 %)

HIV Status

HIV positive

333 (10.3 %)

HIV negative

2020 (62.8 %)

HIV status unknown

865 (26.9 %)