Clinical Study
Factors Influencing Sputum Conversion among Smear-Positive Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Morocco
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics and comorbidities of baseline population.
| | Number | Percent | value |
| Sex | | | | Male | 77 | 65% | 0.02 | Female | 42 | 35% | | Age Group | | | | 10–20 | 10 | 8.4% | | 20–30 | 37 | 31.1% | | 30–40 | 24 | 20.2% | | 40–50 | 19 | 16% | 0.14 | 50–60 | 16 | 13.4% | | 60–70 | 9 | 7.6% | | >70 | 4 | 3.3% | | Smoking | | | | Yes | 43 | 36.1% | | No | 61 | 51.3% | 0.01 | Weaned | 15 | 12.6% | | Comorbidities | | | | Diabetes | 9 | 7.6% | | Respiratory diseases | 4 | 3.4% | | HIV | 1 | 0.8% | 0.77 | Others | 10 | 8.4% | |
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