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Table 2 Characteristics of the MDR-TB patients (N = 115)

From: Evaluation of risk factors associated with drug-resistant tuberculosis in Yemen: data from centres with high drug resistance

Characteristics

Patients, N (%)

Centre

Al-Hudaydah

37 (32.2)

Taiz

17 (14.8)

Sana’a

20 (17.4)

Aden

41 (35.7)

Sex

Male

65 (56.5)

Female

50 (43.5)

Age (years)

≤ 45

70 (60.9)

> 45

45 (39.1)

Marital status

Married

84 (73)

Unmarried

31 (27)

Area

 

Rural

46 (40)

Urban

69 (60)

Household size

≤ 7

40 (34.8)

>  7

75 (65.2)

Smoking status

Non-smoker

30 (26.1)

Smoker

85 (73.9)

Chewing khata

Yes

104 (90.4)

No

11 (9.6)

Literacy status

Illiterate

77 (67)

Literate

38 (33)

Employment status

Employed

31 (27)

Unemployed

84 (73)

Monthly income (rialsb)

≤ 10,000

31 (27)

> 10,000

84 (73)

Baseline weight (kg)

≤ 40

36 (31.3)

> 40

79 (68.7)

BCG vaccinationc

No

21 (18.3)

Yes

94 (81.7)

History of TB treatment

Previously treated

6 (5.2)

Newly treated

109 (94.8)

History of streptomycin use

No

92 (80)

Yes

23 (20)

History of failed TB treatment

No

63 (54.8)

Yes

52 (45.2)

Family history of TB

Drug-susceptible TB

99 (86.1)

MDR-TB

16 (13.9)

Adverse events at the end of the intensive phase

No

85 (73.9)

Yes

30 (26.1)

Regimen changes based on adverse events

No

101 (87.8)

Yes

14 (12.2)

  1. aKhat is a shrub that grows in parts of East Africa and Yemen
  2. bRial, one dollar is equivalent to approximately 215 rials
  3. cBacillus Calmette–Guerin (BCG) is a vaccine for TB