A Step toward Tuberculosis Elimination in a Low-Incidence Country: Successful Diagnosis and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection in a Refugee Clinic

Table 2

Of those patients accepting treatment for latent tuberculosis infection, this is a comparison of completers versus noncompleters of tuberculosis prophylaxis by age, gender, and country of origin.

Demographics	Completed prophylaxis (% of total row value) or mean (StDev)	Did not complete prophylaxis (% of total row value) or mean (StDev)	values
Age	29.9 (15.6)	23.6 (16.7)	<0.05
Gender
Male	54 (73)	20 (27)	>0.05
Female	49 (73)	18 (27)
Region
Sub-Saharan Africa	54 (64)	30 (36)	<0.05
Middle East	12 (67)	6 (33)
South Asia	25 (100)	0 (0)
East and Southeast Asia	11 (100)	0 (0)
Others	1 (33)	2 (67)