Research Article
Determinants of Pulmonary Tuberculosis among Inmates at Mangaung Maximum Correctional Facility in Bloemfontein, South Africa
Table 1
Comparison of characteristics of study participants.
| | Characteristics | TB cases
= 100 (%) | Non-TB cases
= 1040 (%) | value |
| | Age (years) | | | | | 21–30 | 33 (33.0) | 281 (27.0) | 0.001 | | 31–40 | 52 (52.0) | 434 (41.7) | | 41–50 | 14 (14.0) | 234 (22.5) | | ≥51 | 1 (1.0) | 91 (8.8) | | BMI | | | | | Below 18.5 | 47 (47.0) | 159 (15.3) | 0.0001 | | Above 18.5 | 53 (52.0) | 881 (84.7) | | HIV | | | | | Negative | 27 (27.0) | 384 (36.9) | 0.0001 | | Positive | 58 (58.0) | 192 (18.5) | | Unknown | 15 (15.0) | 463 (44.6) | | CD4 count | | | | | >350 | 21 (21.0) | 95 (9.1) | 0.0001 | | ≤350 | 34 (34.0) | 84 (8.1) | | Unknown | 45 (45.0) | 861 (82.8) | | Substance abuse | | | | | No | 45 (45.0) | 621 (59.7) | 0.018 | | Yes | 43 (43.0) | 309 (29.7) | | Unknown | 12 (12.0) | 110 (10.6) | | Smoking | | | | | Nonsmoker | 36 (36.0) | 422 (40.6) | 0.026 | | Smoker | 45 (45.0) | 512 (49.2) | | Ex-smoker | 19 (19.0) | 106 (10.2) | | Previous TB | | | | | No | 69 (69.0) | 924 (88.6) | 0.0001 | | Yes | 31 (31.0) | 116 (11.2) | | Duration in prison (years) | | | | | 1–5 | 11 (11.0) | 72 (6.2) | 0.218 | | 6–10 | 45 (45.0) | 395 (37.9) | | 11–15 | 26 (26.0) | 312 (30.0) | | 16–20 | 13 (13.0) | 169 (16.3) | | >20 | 5 (5.0) | 92 (8.9) |
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