Patient Delay in Initiating Tuberculosis Treatment and Associated Factors in Oromia Special Zone, Amhara Region

Table 3

Clinical characteristics of TB patients in Oromia zone, Northeast Ethiopia, 2018.

Variables	(%)
Types of symptom
Cough/cough with blood	289 (74.4%)
Night sweating	244 (63.0%)
Loss of appetite	225 (58.1%)
Fever	216 (55.8%)
Chest pain	192 (49.6%)
Weight loss	163 (42.1%)
TB type
CDPTB	145 (37.5%)
BCPTB	136 (35.1%)
EPTB	106 (27.4%)
HIV status
Negative	355 (91.7%)
Positive	28 (7.2%)
Unknown	4
Other comorbid conditions
No	376 (97.2)
Diabetes	6
Hypertension	5
Smoking habit
No	348 (89.9%)
Yes	39 (10.1)
Chat chewing habit
No	219 (56.6%)
Yes	168 (43.4%)