| Variables | Positive | Negative | Couldn’t produce sputum | Total | X2 | P value |
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| N = 130 | N = 143 | N = 42 | N = 315 |
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| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
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| Sex |
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| Male | 76 (58.5) | 87 (60.8) | 23 (54.8) | 186 (59.0) | 0.527 | 0.77 |
| Female | 54 (41.5) | 56 (39.2) | 19 (45.2) | 129 (59.0) |
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| Residence |
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| Urban | 63 (48.5) | 72 (50.3) | 22 (52.4) | 157 (49.8) | 0.222 | 0.90 |
| Rural | 67 (51.5) | 71 (49.7) | 20 (47.6) | 158 (50.2) |
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| Regimen |
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| Category 1 | 116 (89.2) | 110 (76.9) | 29 (69.0) | 275 (87.3) | 36.464 | 0.00* |
| Category 2 | 14 (26.9) | 33 (23.1) | 5 (11.9) | 53 (16.5) |
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| Site of disease |
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| Pulmonary | 130 (100) | 116 (81.1) | 29 (69.0) | 275 (87.3) | 36.464 | 0.00* |
| Extrapulmonary | 0 (0.0) | 27 (18.9) | 13 (31.0) | 40 (12.7) |
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| HIV status |
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| Positive | 45 (34.6) | 68 (47.6) | 15 (35.7) | 128 (40.6) | 5.211 | 0.07 |
| Negative | 85 (65.4) | 75 (52.4) | 27 (64.3) | 187 (59.4) |
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| Age (years) |
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| <20 | 11 (8.5) | 25 (17.5) | 38 (90.5) | 74 (23.5) | 125.116 | 0.00* |
| 20 - 39 | 61 (46.9) | 57 (39.9) | 0 (0.0) | 118 (37.5) |
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| 40 - 59 | 50 (38.5) | 51 (35.7) | 3 (7.1) | 104 (33.0) |
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| ≥60 | 8 (6.2) | 10 (7.0) | 1 (2.4) | 19 (6.0) |
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