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Table 3 Patient screening characteristics

From: Role of routine abdominal ultrasonography in intensified tuberculosis case finding algorithms at HIV clinics in high TB burden settings

Patient Characteristics (N = 889)

Only HIV cases (n = 458)

HIV-TB cases (n = 431)

p value

Male Gender, n (%)

296 (64.6%)

339 (78.6%)

0.0001

Media Age, years (IQR)a

34(30–40)

34 (30–39)

0.35

Median CD4 cell count, cells/ÎĽl (IQR)

214 (119–334)

126 (67–226)

< 0.0001

  1. aInterquartile range
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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