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Table 1 Smear positive patients: Gender comparison of cough in less or more than two weeks.

From: Detection of pulmonary tuberculosis among patients with cough attending outpatient departments in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania: does duration of cough matter?

Positive smears

Cough duration

Total

 

Two weeks or more

Less than two weeks

 

Overall*

250/1955 (12.8%)

21/240 (8.7%)

271/2195 (12.3%)

Males**

149/250 (59.6%)

14/21 (66.7%)

163/271 (60.1%)

Females**

101/250 (40.4%)

7/21 (33.3%)

108/271 (39.9%)

  1. • *Pearson Chi-Square 3.2; df 1; p = 0.073
  2. • **Pearson Chi-Square 90.1; df 1; p = 0.001
  3. • Some totals do not add up to 2214 due to missing information for some variables.