Table 4 Distribution of socio-demographic and health history characteristics of cases of tuberculosis with multimorbidity according to TB treatment outcome status in Brazil, 2011
Characteristics | Cured | Notcured | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | |||
Gender (454) | Female | 137 (72.1) | 53 (27.9) | 0.032* |
Male | 165 (62.5) | 99 (37.5) | ||
Age (454) | <20 years | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) | 0.032** |
20 –39 years | 37 (68.5) | 17 (31.5) | ||
40-59 years | 141 (73.4) | 51 (26.6) | ||
> 60 years | 122 (59.5) | 83 (40.5) | ||
Skin color (419) | White | 111 (60.9) | 71 (39.1) | 0.065* |
Non-white | 165 (69.6) | 72 (30.4) | ||
School level (267) | Illiterate | 19 (57.6) | 14 (42.4) | 0.217* |
1 – 4 years | 71 (66.4) | 36 (33.6) | ||
5 – 8 years | 48 (71.6) | 19 (28.4) | ||
> 8 years | 42 (76.4) | 13 (23.6) | ||
Not applicable | 2 (40.0) | 3 (60.0) | ||
Area of residence (319) | Urban | 195 (66.5) | 98 (33.5) | 0.280* |
Rural | 20 (76.9) | 6 (23.1) | ||
Institutionalization (444) | No | 290 (68,2) | 135 (31.8) | 0.018* |
Yes | 8 (42.1) | 11 (57.9) | ||
HIV (293) | Negative | 192 (74.1) | 67 (25.9) | <0.001* |
Positive | 14 (41.1) | 20 (58.9) | ||
Alcoholism (432) | No | 238 (68.2) | 111 (31.8) | 0.583* |
Yes | 54 (65.1) | 29 (34.9) | ||