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Table 1 Duration between the start of symptoms and patients first medical consultation by sputum smear status, Addis Ababa, 1999

From: Patient and health service delay in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Ethiopia

Patient's delay in days

Smear positive

Smear negative

Total

P-value*

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

 

1–30

132

41

159

42

291

41.6

-

31–60

69

22

81

21

150

21.4

0.898

61–90

51

16

54

14

105

15.0

0.571

>90

68

21

86

23

154

22.0

0.886

Total

320

100

380

100

700

100

 
  1. *P value for Chi-square test comparing patient delay in smear positive and negative patients.