| Demographic variable | Honoured the medical regimen N = 181 (39.6 %) | Did not honour the medical regimen N = 152 (33.3%) | Possibly honoured the medical regimen N = 124 (27.1%) | Significance | |||||
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| Male | 89 | 39.4 | 77 | 34.1 | 60 | 26.5 | 0.150 | 2 | 0.928 |
| Female | 92 | 39.8 | 75 | 32.5 | 64 | 27.7 |
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| Marital Status |
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| Married | 84 | 32.7 | 95 | 37.0 | 78 | 30.4 | 18.684 | 6 | 0.005 |
| Single | 49 | 42.6 | 41 | 35.7 | 25 | 21.7 | |||
| Widowed | 28 | 58.3* | 9 | 18.8 | 11 | 22.9 |
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| Divorced | 20 | 54.1 | 7 | 18.9 | 10 | 27.0 |
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| Case type |
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| New case | 104 | 29.1 | 142 | 39.7 | 112 | 31.3 | 77.369 | 2 | 0.001 |
| Relapse | 77 | 77.8* | 10 | 10.1 | 12 | 12.1 |
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| Treatment phase |
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| Continuation | 82 | 38.3 | 70 | 32.7 | 62 | 29.0 | 0.707 | 2 | 0.702 |
| Intensive | 99 | 40.7 | 82 | 33.7 | 62 | 25.5 |
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| Smear status |
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| negative | 90 | 45.2 | 59 | 29.6 | 50 | 25.1 | 4.718 | 2 | 0.095 |
| Positive | 91 | 35.3 | 93 | 36.0 | 74 | 28.7 |
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| Education |
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| Never | 29 | 46.8 | 19 | 30.6 | 14 | 22.6 | 6.045 | 4 | 0.196 |
| Primary | 74 | 33.9 | 77 | 35.3 | 67 | 30.7 | |||
| Secondary | 78 | 44.1 | 56 | 31.6 | 43 | 24.3 |
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