Research Article

First Insight into the Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from the Minority Enclaves of Southwestern China

Table 3

Differences of characteristics between Beijing and non-Beijing genotype.

CharacteristicsTotal number of isolatesNumber (%) of isolatesOR95% CI value
BeijingNon-Beijing

Resistance to
 INH14 (5.2)8 (5.3)6 (5.0)0.940.32~2.790.91
 RIF5 (1.8)4 (2.6)1 (0.8)0.310.03~2.800.39
 MDR4 (1.5)3 (2.0)1 (0.8)0.410.04~4.040.63
Gender
 Men196 (72.3)100 (66.2)96 (80.0)1.00 (Ref.)
 Women75 (27.7)51 (33.8)24 (20.0)2.041.17~3.570.01
Age group (years)
 <2544 (16.2)32 (21.2)12 (10.0)1.00 (Ref.)
 25–44108 (39.9)65 (43.0)43 (35.8)0.570.26~1.220.14
 45–6492 (33.9)41 (27.2)51 (42.5)0.300.14~0.66<0.01
 >6427 (10.0)13 (8.6)14 (11.7)0.350.13~0.950.04
Occupation
 Farmer226 (83.4)121 (80.1)105 (87.5)0.580.29~1.130.11
 Others45 (16.6)30 (19.9)15 (12.5)1.00 (Ref.)
Ethnicity
 Han133 (49.1)76 (50.3)57 (47.5)1.00 (Ref.)
 Hani30 (11.1)11 (7.3)19 (15.8)0.430.19~0.980.04
 Yi28 (10.3)10 (6.6)18 (15.0)0.420.18~0.970.04
 Dai26 (9.6)13 (8.6)13 (10.8)0.750.32~1.740.50
 Others54 (19.9)41 (27.2)13 (10.8)2.371.16~4.820.02
Region
 Qujing49 (18.1)41 (27.2)8 (6.7)1.00 (Ref.)
 Dehong35 (12.9)28 (18.5)7 (5.8)0.780.25~2.400.67
 Lijiang22 (8.1)12 (7.9)10 (8.3)0.230.08~0.720.01
 Lincang31 (11.4)10 (6.6)21 (17.5)0.090.03~0.27<0.01
 Puer94 (34.7)46 (30.5)48 (40.0)0.190.08~0.44<0.01
 Xishuangbanna40 (14.8)14 (9.3)26 (21.7)0.110.04~0.28<0.01
Treatment History
 New case246 (90.8)138 (91.4)108 (90.0)1.00 (Ref.)
 Retreated25 (9.2)13 (8.6)12 (10.0)0.850.37~1.930.69