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Table 1 Characteristics by screening location and comparison by univariate logistic regression

From: Integrating intensified case finding of tuberculosis into HIV care: an evaluation from rural Swaziland

Patient Characteristic

District hospital

n = 1129

Community Clinic

n = 338

Univariate analysis

 

No (%)/Mean (S.D)

No (%)/Mean (S.D)

P-value‡

Gender

  

0.000

Male

411 (36.4%)

80 (23.7%)

 

Female

717 (63.6%)

258 (76.3%)

 

Age (yrs)

35.2 (14.6)

38.8 (13.8)

0.000

Region

  

0.000

Lubombo

997 (88.3%)

313 (92.6%)

 

Other region

122 (10.8%)

1 (0.3%)

 

Unknown*

10 (0.9%)

24 (7.1%)

 

Distance to screening centre (km)

39.9 (28.8)

18.55 (13.50)

0.000

Cost of travel to screening centre ($Int***)

5.0 (3.8)

3.6 (0.0)

0.000

Remoteness to district hospital (km)

39.9 (28.8)

56.24 (18.33)

0.001

Cost of travel to district hospital ($Int***)

5.0 (3.8)

8.3 (3.1)

0.000

  1. ‡ Wald test
  2. * Patients with no data on region or residence did not differ significantly from the remainder of the sample across any other variable.
  3. *** International dollars adjusted for purchasing power parity