Clinicoradiological Profile of Lower Lung Field Tuberculosis Cases among Young Adult and Elderly People in a Teaching Hospital of Madhya Pradesh, India

Table 1

Clinical characteristic in lower lung field tuberculosis (LLFTB) and non-LLFTB cases.

	LLFTB (215)	Non-LLFTB (1921)	value
Sex, male/female	81/134	1348/573	<0.001
Age (years)
Male			0.001
Female			0.14
Cough	195 (90.7%)	1336 (69.5%)	<0.001
Dry	26 (12.1%)	307 (16%)
Productive	169 (78.6%)	1029 (53.5)
Fever	170 (79.1)	1248 (65%)	<0.001
Hemoptysis	76 (35.4%)	68 (4.8%)	<0.001
Chest pain	72 (33.5%)	1050 (54.7%)	<0.001
Weight loss	101 (47%)	1045 (54.4%)	0.04
General malaise	82 (38.1)	936 (48.7%)	0.004
Night sweat	30 (14%)	390 (20.3%)	0.026
Anemia	114 (53%)	1092 (56.9%)	0.28