Table 2: Proportion of patients* with comorbidities by group. |
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Characteristics |
M. tuberculosis complex |
M. avium complex |
Others |
Total |
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Sex |
Male n = 55 |
Female n = 66 |
Male n = 19 |
Female n = 10 |
Male n =7 |
Female n = 8 |
Male n = 81 |
Female n = 84 |
Age, years, median (range) |
36.5 (20-85) |
34.5 (18-88) |
34 (21-54) |
56.4 (22-77) |
55 (28-65) |
60 (39-74) |
45 (20-85) |
45 (18-88) |
HIV‡ |
12 (21.8)§ |
3 (4.5) |
15 (78.94)¶ |
2 (20) |
4 (36.3) |
0 (0) |
31 (38.3)¶ |
5 (6) |
Cancer‡ |
0 (0) |
2 (3.03) |
1 (5.26) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
1 (0.12) |
2 (2.4) |
Diabetes mellitus‡ |
21 (38.1) |
25 (37.8) |
0 (0) |
3 (30) |
0 (0) |
2 (25) |
21 (26) |
30 (35.7) |
Hypertension‡ |
8 (14.5) |
10 (15.1) |
0 (0) |
5 (50)§ |
0 (0) |
2 (25) |
8 (9.9) |
17 (20.2) |
Others (exposure to wood smoke, smoking, drug use) |
21 (38.2)§ |
9 (13.6) |
5 (26.3)§ |
0 (0) |
6 (85.7) |
5 (62.5) |
32 (39.5)|| |
14 (16.7) |
* Random selection of a sample of 81 men and 84 women. ‡ «Yes», frequency and percentage [n (%)]. § p > 0.05. ¶ p < 0.001. Fisher’s exact test || p < 0.01. |