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Table 4 Profile of TB free study participants (n = 3364)

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

SN

Population profile

Frequency

Percentage

Normal BMI

Underweight

Frequency

Percentage

Frequency

Percentage

1.

Sex

Male

1162

34.5

851

25.3

331

9.2

Female

2202

65.5

1727

51.3

475

14.1

2.

Residence

Urban

611

18.2

451

13.4

160

4.8

Rural

2753

81.8

2127

63.2

626

18.6

3.

HIV status

Positive

31

0.9

15

0.4

16

0.5

Negative

3333

99.1

2563

76.2

770

22.9

4.

Income in birr

< 1000

2558

76

2000

59.5

558

16.6

1000–2000

316

9.4

227

6.7

89

2.6

≥2001

490

14.56

351

10.43

139

4.13

5.

Occupation

Farmer

507

15.1

401

11.9

106

3.2

Others

2857

84.9

2177

64.7

680

20.2

6.

Smoking

Yes

140

4.16

119

3.5

21

0.6

No

3224

95.84

2459

73.1

765

22.7

7.

Family size

≤4

151

4.5

115

3.4

36

1.1

> 4

3243

95.5

2463

73.2

750

22.3

8.

Marital status

Single

1474

43.8

1169

34.8

305

9.1

Married

1854

55.1

1379

41

475

14.1

Divorced

33

1

27

0.8

6

0.2

Widowed

3

0.1

3

0.1

0

0

9.

Anemia

Present

1742

51.8

1475

43.8

267

7.9

Absent

1642

48.2

1103

32.8

519

15.4

10.

Age in years

< 25

2622

77.9

1984

59

638

19

≥25

742

22.1

594

17.7

148

4.4

11.

Intestinal parasitic infection

Ascaris Lumbricoides

530

15.8

331

9.8

199

5.9

Hookworm

401

11.9

268

8

133

4

Strongyloides stercolaris

99

2.9

74

2.2

25

0.7

Others

433

12.9

319

9.5

114

2.7

Not infected

1901

56.5

1586

47.1

315

9.4