Research Article
Awareness of the Warning Signs, Risk Factors, and Treatment for Tuberculosis among Urban Nigerians
Table 2
Identified TB warning sign according to gender.
| | Warning sign | Male (%)
| Female (%)
| Total (%)
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| | Cough | 212 (68.8) | 168 (63.2) | 380 (66.2) | | Weight loss | 126 (40.9) | 92 (34.6) | 218 (38.0) | | Heamoptysis | 104 (33.8) | 72 (27.1) | 176 (30.7) | | Chronic cough | 56 (18.2) | 30 (11.3) | 86 (15.0)* | | Breathlessness | 44 (14.3) | 34 (12.8) | 78 (13.6) | | Chest pain | 32 (10.4) | 28 (10.5) | 60 (10.5) | | Fever | 40 (13.0) | 14 (5.3) | 54 (9.4)* | | Fatigue | 16 (5.2) | 20 (7.5) | 36 (6.3) | | Night sweat | 20 (6.5) | 10 (3.8) | 30 (5.2) |
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P < 0.05.
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