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Table 1 Distribution of socio-demographic and health history characteristics of tuberculosis cases according to multimorbidity status in Brazil, 2011

From: Prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity among tuberculosis patients in Brazil: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

TB (%)

TB – MM (%)

p value*

Gender (39,878)

Female

12,645 (98.5)

190 (1.5)

<0.001

 

Male

26,779 (99.0)

264 (1.0)

 

Age (38,866)

<20 years

3,296 (99.9)

3 (0.1)

<0.001

 

20 –39 years

17,780 (99.7)

54 (0.3)

 
 

40-59 years

12,898 (98.5)

192 (1.5)

 
 

> 60 years

5,438(96.4)

205 (3.6)

 

Skin color (36,546)

White

13,953 (98.7)

182 (1.3)

0.044

 

Non-White

22,174 (98.9)

2370 (1.1)

 

School level (22,704)

Illiterate

1,936 (98.3)

33 (1.7)

0.001

 

1 – 4 years

7,402 (98.5)

107 (1.5)

 
 

5 – 8 years

6,825 (99.0)

67 (1.0)

 
 

> 8 years

6,279 (99.1)

55 (0.9)

 

Area of residence (28,247)

Urban

24,804 (98.8)

293 (1.2)

0.087

 

Rural

3,124 (99.2)

26 (0.8)

 

Institutionalization (38,073)

No

33.691 (98.7)

425 (1.3)

<0.001

 

Yes

3,938 (99.5)

19 (0.5)

 

Alcoholism (36,223)

No

29,553 (98.8)

349 (1.2)

0.331

 

Yes

6,238 (98.7)

83 (1.3)

 

HIV (26,335)

Negative

21,370 (98.8)

259 (1.2)

0.005

 

Positive

4,672 (99.3)

34 (0.7)

 
  1. MM multimorbidity, HIV Human immunodeficiency virus, TB Tuberculosis.
  2. *Pearson chi-square test.