Research Article
Is Universal Screening Necessary? Incidence of Tuberculosis among Tibetan Refugees Arriving in Calgary, Alberta
Table 1
Demographic information (
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| Characteristic | (%) or mean (SD) |
| Male gender | 88 (49%) | Age at arrival, years | 26.52 (11.09) | Confirmed refugee camp residence | 115 (64%) | History of TB | 13 (7.2%) | History of extrapulmonary TB | 2 (1.1%) | History of NTM infection | 1 (0.5%) | Family history of TB | 5 (2.8%) | Smoker | 18 (10%) | Previous smoker | 8 (4.4%) |
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