Table 2: Proportion of patients* with comorbidities by group.

Characteristics

M. tuberculosis

complex

M. avium

complex

Others

Total

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.