Clinical Study
Comparison of Overnight Pooled and Standard Sputum Collection Method for Patients with Suspected Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Northern Tanzania
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics.
| Variables () | Measure |
| Sex | | Male | 36 (72%) | Age (years) median (IQR) | 38.5 (30–46) | Weight (kg) median (IQR) | 51 (47–58) | HIV status | | Positive | 8 (16%) | CD4 count (cells/) by HIV status in median (IQR) | | HIV positive | 71 (30.5–158) | HIV negative | 540 (409–614) | Chest X-ray findings | | Cavities | 23 (46%) |
|
|