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Table 2 Characteristics of tuberculosis cases identified by active and passive case finding strategies in Yunnan, 2013–2015

From: Role of community-based active case finding in screening tuberculosis in Yunnan province of China

Characteristic

ACF*

PCF*

χ2

P value

Number of cases (n)

Proportion (%)

Number of cases (n)

Proportion (%)

  

All

66

 

456

   

Sex

 male

38

57.6

305

66.9

2.2

0.14

 female

28

42.4

151

33.1

  

Age (years)

  < 15

1

1.5

6

1.3

 

<  0.01ǁ

 15–34

6

9.1

110

24.1

  

 35–64

17

25.8

246

54.0

  

  ≥ 65

42

63.6

94

20.6

  

Occupation

 children/students/teachers

5

7.6

19

4.2

 

<  0.01ǁ

 farmer/worker

6

9.1

402

88.2

  

 medical staff

0

0.0

2

0.4

  

 government employees

0

0.0

5

1.1

  

 retired

33

50.0

21

4.6

  

 unemployed

20

30.3

0

0.0

  

 others

2

3.0

7

1.5

  

Ethnicity

 Han

58

87.9

434

95.2

4.4

0.04ǂ

 Other Minority

8

12.1

22

4.8

  

Sputum smear

 negative

54

81.8

326

71.5

3.1

0.08

 positive

12

18.2

130

28.5

  

Category of treatment

 new case

56

84.9

442

96.9

16.5

<  0.01ǂ

 retreatment

10

15.1

14

3.1

  
  1. *ACF = active case finding, PCF = passive case finding
  2. ǁ Fisher’s exact test
  3. ǂ Continuity correction