Research Article
First Insight into the Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from the Minority Enclaves of Southwestern China
Table 1
Differences of characteristics between Han and minority population.
| | Characteristics | Total number of isolates | Number (%) of isolates | OR | 95% CI | value | | Han | Minority | | |
| | Resistance to | | | | | | | | INH | 14 (5.2) | 9 (6.8) | 5 (3.6) | 0.52 | 0.17~1.59 | 0.24 | | RIF | 5 (1.8) | 5 (3.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0.96 | 0.93~0.99 | 0.03 | | MDR | 4 (1.5) | 4 (3.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.97 | 0.94~1.00 | 0.06 | | Gender | | | | | | | | Men | 196 (72.3) | 94 (70.7) | 102 (73.9) | 1.0 (Ref.) | — | — | | Women | 75 (27.7) | 39 (29.3) | 36 (26.1) | 1.18 | 0.69~2.00 | 0.55 | | Age group (years) | | | | | | | | <25 | 44 (16.2) | 21 (15.8) | 23 (16.7) | 1.0 (Ref.) | — | — | | 25–44 | 108 (39.9) | 54 (40.6) | 54 (39.1) | 1.10 | 0.54~2.21 | 0.80 | | 45–64 | 92 (33.9) | 45 (33.8) | 47 (34.1) | 1.05 | 0.51~2.15 | 0.90 | | >64 | 27 (10.0) | 13 (9.8) | 14 (10.1) | 1.02 | 0.39~2.65 | 0.97 | | Occupation | | | | | | | | Farmer | 226 (83.4) | 104 (78.2) | 122 (88.4) | 0.47 | 0.24~0.91 | 0.02 | | Others | 45 (16.6) | 29 (21.8) | 16 (11.6) | 1.0 (Ref.) | — | — | | Region | | | | | | | | Qujing | 49 (18.1) | 48 (36.1) | 1 (0.7) | 1.0 (Ref.) | — | — | | Dehong | 35 (12.9) | 13 (9.8) | 22 (15.9) | 0.01 | 0.00~0.10 | <0.01 | | Lijiang | 22 (8.1) | 8 (6.0) | 14 (10.1) | 0.01 | 0.00~0.10 | <0.01 | | Lincang | 31 (11.4) | 25 (18.8) | 6 (4.3) | 0.09 | 0.10~0.76 | 0.01 | | Puer | 94 (34.7) | 27 (20.3) | 67 (48.6) | 0.01 | 0.00~0.07 | <0.01 | | Xishuangbanna | 40 (14.8) | 12 (9.0) | 28 (20.3) | 0.01 | 0.00~0.07 | <0.01 | | Treatment History | | | | | | | | New case | 246 (90.8) | 120 (90.2) | 126 (91.3) | 1.0 (Ref.) | — | — | | Retreated | 25 (9.2) | 13 (9.8) | 12 (8.7) | 1.14 | 0.50~2.59 | 0.76 |
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