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Table 2 Distribution of clinical 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*

  

n (%)

n (%)

 

Type of treatment (39,879)

New case

32,478 (98.9)

373 (1.1)

0.244

 

Relapse

2,232 (98.5)

33 (1.5)

 
 

Return after abandonment

2,514 (99.2)

21 (0.8)

 
 

Unknown

84 (100)

0 (0)

 
 

Transferred

2,117 (98.7)

27 (1.3)

 

TB form (39, 865)

Pulmonary

33,213 (98.9)

372 (1.1)

0.073

 

Extrapulmonary

4,970 (98.6)

72 (1.4)

 
 

Pulmonary + extrapulmonary

1,228 (99.2)

10 (0.8)

 

Tuberculin skin test (6,532)

Negative

1,868 (98.6)

27 (1.4)

0.003

 

Positive

4,606 (99.3)

31 (0.7)

 

X-ray suspicious (33,297)

No

2,220 (98.6)

32 (1.4)

0.218

 

Yes

30,693 (98.9)

352 (1.1)

 

Initialbacilloscopy (32,804)

Negative

8,721 (98.9)

101 (1,1)

0.964

 

Positive

23,706 (98.8)

276 (1.2)

 

Culture (9,667)

Negative

3,389 (99.1)

31 (0.9)

0.207

 

Positive

6,173 (98.8)

74 (1.2)

 

Histopathologic examination (4,298)

Not suggestive

260 (98.9)

3 (1.1)

0.084

 

AFB positive

1,787 (98.9)

19 (1.1)

 
 

Suggestive of TB

2,187 (98.1)

42 (1.9)

 

DOTS indication (37,432)

No

15,522 (98.8)

187 (1.2)

0.348

 

Yes

21,487 (98.9)

236 (1.1)

 

Under DOTS (33,504)

No

14,838 (98.8)

178 (1.2)

0.347

 

Yes

18,289 (98.9)

199 (1.1)

 

Occupational disease (24,077)

No

23,177 (98.9)

281 (1,1)

0.831

 

Yes

611 (98.7)

8 (1.3)

 

Treatment outcome (39,879)

Cured

28,625 (98.9)

302 (1.1)

<0.001

 

Abandonment

5,490 (99.5)

29 (0.5)

 
 

Death from TB

2,243 (98.1)

44 (1.9)

 
 

Death from other cause

2,828 (97.4)

76 (2.6)

 
 

MDR TB

239 (98.8)

3 (1.2)

 
  1. AFB Acid fast bacilli, DOTS Directly observed treatment short, MDR TB Multidrug resistant tuberculosis, MM Multimorbidity, TB Tuberculosis.
  2. *Pearson chi-square test.