Table 1 Participant information.

From: Validation study of a novel, rapid, open platform real-time LAMP assay for early diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

 

Total (N = 350)

Demographical and epidemiological data

Mean of age (± SD)

53.5 (15.72)

Male, n (%)

219 (63%)

Female, n (%)

131 (47%)

Contact of known TB patients, n (%)

16 (4.6%)

HIV positives, n (%)

1 (0.3%)

Alcohol consumption, n (%)

90 (26%)

Tobacco consumption, n (%)

88 (25%)

Migrant, n (%)

2 (0.6%)

Urban slum, n (%)

7 (1.8%)

Health care worker, n (%)

8 (2.3%)

Anti-TB-treatment, n (%)

9 (2.51%)

Clinical data

Cough, n (%)

313 (89.42%)

Asthma, n (%)

21 (6%)

Fever, n (%)

14 (4%)

Hemoptysis, n (%)

5 (1.43%)

Weight loss, n (%)

11 (3.14%)

Choronic Obstuctive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), n (%)

10 (2.8%)

Loss of appetite, n (%)

4 (1.14%)

Wheezing, n (%)

7 (2%)