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Table 1 Basic participant information and strain characteristics

From: Drug resistance and population structure of M.tuberculosis isolates from prisons and communities in Ethiopia

Variable

Prison, % (n/N)

Hospital, % (n/N)

p-value

Total% (n/N)

Sex

 Male

90.48(19/21)

51.14(45/88)

0.001

58.72(64/109)

Age

  > 45 years

14.29(3/21)

7.95(7/88)

0.366

9.17(10/109)

Previous TB treatment

 No

80.95(17/21)

100.00(88/88)

NA

 

Regions

 Oromia

33.33(7/21)

10.23(9/88)

 

14.68(16/109)

 SNNPRS

66.67(14/21)

39.77(35/88)

 

44.95(49/109)

 Dire Dawa

11.36(10/88)

0.001

9.17(10/109)

 Harar

15.91(14/88)

 

12.84(14/109)

 Somali

22.70(20/88)

 

18.35(20/109)

Lineage

 Delhi/CAS

14.29(3/21)

17.05(15/88)

 

16.51(18/109)

 Ethiopia_H37Rv like

42.86(9/21)

23.86(21/88)

 

27.52(30/109)

 Euro-American Superlineage

14.29(3/21)

15.91(14/88)

 

15.60(17/109)

 LAM

4.76(1/21)

3.41(3/88)

 

3.67(4/109)

 Ethiopia_3

19.05(4/21)

15.91(14/88)

 

16.51(18/109)

 Haarlem

9.09(8/88)

0.784

7.34(8/109)

 Ural

4.76(1/21)

5.68(5/88)

 

5.50(6/109)

 Lineage 7

3.41(3/88)

 

2.75(3/109)

 EAI

2.27(2/88)

 

1.83(2/109)

 X-type

2.27(2/88)

 

1.83(2/109)

 Beijing

1.14(1/88)

 

0.92(1/109)

Clustering

 Yes

28.57(6/21)

31.82(28/88)

0.773

31.19(34/109)

Drug resistance

 Streptomycina

20.00(4/20)c

14.94(13/87)

0.577

15.89(17/107)

 Isoniazide

9.52(2/21)b

6.82(6/88)

0.669

7.34(8/109)

 Rifampicin

9.52(2/21)b

4.55(4/88)

0.369

5.50(6/109)

 Ethambutola

10.00(2/20)b

3.41(3/88)

0.205

4.63(5/108)

 MDR-resistance

9.52(2/21)b

2.27(2/88)

0.112

3.67(4/109)

 Any drug resistance

19.05(4/21)c

21.59(19/88)

0.797

21.10(23/109)

  1. N = total number of strains isolated from prisons (21) and hospitals (88)
  2. n = number of strains in the specific subgroup
  3. NA = not applicable
  4. anote missing values
  5. bincludes one subject with TB in the past
  6. cincludes two subjects with TB in the past