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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study participants

From: Pulmonary tuberculosis among people living with HIV/AIDS attending care and treatment in rural northern Tanzania

 

Tuberculosis status

Characteristics

Tuberculosis positive, N = 20

Tuberculosis negative, N = 213

 

N

%

n

%

Age

    

12–24

2

10.0

14

6.6

25–34

9

45.0

75

35.5

35–44

6

30.0

79

37.1

45–54

2

10.0

31

14.7

> 55

1

5.0

14

6.6

Mean age (SD)

35.5 (9.5)

 

37.4 (10.4)

 

Sex

    

Male

6

30.0

52

24.4

Female

14

70.0

161

75.6

Marital status

    

Single

4

20.0

52

24.4

Married

10

50.0

102

47.9

Others*

6

30.0

59

27.7

Education

    

No education***

6

30.0

81

38.0

Educated****

14

70.0

132

62.0

  1. * Includes separated, divorced, widowed and cohabiting.
  2. *** Includes those did not go to school at all and those who dropped before finishing 7 years of primary education.
  3. **** Those with primary education and above, there were only two who had education above primary school.
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