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Table 1 Profile of TB patients (n = 1681)

From: Nutritional status of tuberculosis patients, a comparative cross-sectional study

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Population profile

Frequency

Percentage

Normal BMI

Underweight

Frequency

Percentage

Frequency

Percentage

1.

Sex

Male

1162

69.1

527

31.4

633

37.8

Female

519

30.9

193

11.3

327

19.4

2.

Residence

Urban

711

42.3

218

13

493

29.3

Rural

970

57.7

502

29.9

468

27.8

3.

Site of infection

Pulmonary tuberculosis

1297

76.8

556

33.1

735

43.7

Extra-pulmonary TB

390

23.2

164

9.8

226

13.4

4.

HIV status

Positive

595

35.2

307

18.3

285

17

Negative

1089

64.8

339

20.2

676

40.2

5.

Income in birrb

< 1000

1170

69.6

463

27.5

707

42.1

1000–2000

316

18.8

186

11.1

130

7.7

≥2001

195

11.6

71

4.2

124

7.4

6.

Occupation

Farmer

835

49.7

407

24.2

428

25.5

Others

846

50.3

313

18.6

533

31.7

7.

Family size

≤4

648

38.5

499

29.7

149

8.9

> 4

1033

61.5

221

13.1

812

48.3

8.

Marital status

Single

694

41.3

278

16.5

416

24.7

Married

966

57.5

427

25.4

539

32.1

Divorced

18

1.1

14

0.8

4

0.2

Widowed

3

0.2

1

0.1

2

0.1

9.

Anemia

Present

1488

88.5

654

38.9

834

49.6

Absent

193

11.5

66

3.9

127

7.6

10.

Age

< 25

1350

80.3

513

30.5

837

49.8

≥25

331

19.7

207

12.3

124

7.4

11.

Intestinal parasitic infection

Ascaris lumbricoides

409

24.3

82

4.9

327

19.5

Hookworm

282

16.8

112

6.7

170

10.1

Strongloid stercolaris

75

4.5

19

1.1

56

3.3

Others

127

7.6

22

1.3

105

6.2

Not infected

788

46.9

485

28.9

303

18

  1. aSN serial number
  2. b1 US dollar =23 birr