Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of TB contacts
From: Tracing contacts of TB patients in Malaysia: costs and practicality
Socio-demographic characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
Total sample (TST and X-ray) | 1024 (100) |
Sputum positive Index | 239 |
Sputum negative and Extra pulmonary TB index | 85 |
Gender | |
Male | 436 (42.6) |
Female | 588 (57.4) |
Ethnicity | |
Malay | 407 (39.7) |
Chinese | 494 (48.3) |
Tamil | 56 (5.5) |
Others | 67 (6.5) |
TST reading | |
<10 mm | 547 (53.4) |
≥10 mm | 38 (3.8) |
No records | 439 (42.8) |
Chest X-ray findings suggestive of TB | No record available |
Isoniazid started (latent TB infection) | 0 (0) |
Notified as Confirmed case of TB (active case detection) | 5 (0.5) |