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Table 2 History of TB, contact with index case, and presence of cough among migrants in Brazil

From: Factors associated with latent tuberculosis among international migrants in Brazil: a cross-sectional study (2020)

 

Boa Vista (n = 458)

Curitiba (n = 52)

Manaus (n = 136)

São Paula (n = 257)

Total (n = 903)

Variables

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Tuberculosis

 Yes

6 (1.3%)

1 (1.9%)

2 (1.5%)

16 (6.2%)

25 (2.8%)

How long ago

  < 3 years

2 (0.4%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0%)

7 (2.7%)

9 (1.0%)

  ≥ 3 years

4 (0.9%)

1 (1.9%)

2 (1.5%)

9 (3.5%)

16 (1.80%)

Country where person had TB

 Home country

5 (1.1%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.7%)

16 (6.2%)

22 (2.40%)

 Brazil

1 (0.2%)

1 (1.9%)

1 (0.7%)

0 (0%)

3 (0.30%)

BCG scar

 Yes

389 (84.9%)

47 (90.4%)

111 (81.6%)

189 (73.5%)

736 (81.50%)

 No

69 (15.1%)

5 (9.6%)

25 (18.4%)

67 (26.1%)

166 (18.40%)

 Missing

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0.00%

1 (0.4%)

1 (0.10%)

Cough (regardless of duration)

 Yes

35 (7.6%)

3 (5.8%)

9 (6.6%)

37 (14.4%)

84 (9.30%)

Duration of cough in days

  (Mean; SD)

71.9; 199

14.7; 0.6

7; 6.7

80.7; 212.3

67.9; 192.8

Contact with TB case

 Yes

62 (13.5%)

6 (11.5%)

28 (20.6%)

45 (17.5%)

141 (15.60%)

TST test performed in migrant after contact

 Yes

11 (2.4%)

1 (1.9%)

15 (11%)

26 (10.1%)

53 (5.90%)