Demographical and clinical characteristics of the questionnaire respondents
| Characteristics | MDR-TB (n=241) | Non-MDR-TB (n=1754) | p (χ2 test) |
| Sex | |||
| Men | 171 (71.0) | 1214 (69.2) | 0.582 |
| Women | 70 (29.0) | 540 (30.8) | |
| Age, median years (range) | 43 (20–83) | 44 (16–92) | |
| <45 years | 140 (58.1) | 909 (51.8) | 0.068 |
| ≥45 years | 101 (41.9) | 845 (48.2) | |
| Working status | |||
| Working | 185 (76.8) | 1192 (68.0) | 0.006 |
| Not working | 56 (23.2) | 562 (32.0) | |
| Treated for TB in the past | |||
| Yes | 128 (53.1) | 293 (16.7) | <0.001 |
| No | 113 (46.9) | 1461 (83.3) | |
| Delay in initiating TB treatment | |||
| ≤60 days | 114 (47.3) | 1045 (59.6) | <0.001 |
| >60 days | 127 (52.7) | 709 (40.4) | |
| Cavitary disease | |||
| Yes | 100 (41.5) | 645 (36.8) | |
| No | 140 (58.1) | 1090 (62.1) | |
| Missing/unknown | 1 (0.4) | 19 (1.1) | |
| TB in organs other than lungs | |||
| Yes | 8 (3.3) | 25 (1.4) | |
| No | 233 (96.7) | 1726 (98.4) | |
| Missing/unknown | 0 | 3 (0.2) | |
| Complicating health conditions | |||
| No | 227 (94.2) | 1630 (93.0) | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 10 (4.1) | 69 (3.9) | |
| Pneumoconiosis | 1 (0.4) | 1 (0.1) | |
| Mental illness | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.1) | |
| Lung infection | 1 (0.4) | 35 (2.0) | |
| Others | 1 (0.4) | 16 (0.9) | |
Data are numbers (%) of patients unless otherwise indicated.
MDR-TB, multidrug resistant TB.