Research Article
Source Case Investigation for Children with TB Disease in Pune, India
Table 1
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of pediatric index cases.
| Characteristic | Total enrollees () | Cases with known household TB contacts () | Cases without known household TB contacts () | value |
| Personal information | | | | | Gender | | | | 0.41 | Male | 29 (58%) | 10 (67%) | 19 (54%) | | Female | 21 (42%) | 5 (33%) | 16 (46%) | | Median age, months (IQR) | 27 (18–38) | 27 (18–45) | 28 (18–48) | 0.89 | Daily contact with people outside home | 36 (72%) | 10 (67%) | 26 (74%) | 0.73 | Neighbors | 32 (64%) | 10 (67%) | 22 (63%) | | Attends school | 12 (24%) | 3 (20%) | 9 (26%) | | Extended family | 9 (18%) | 1 (0.1%) | 8 (23%) | | Other | 3 (6%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (0.09%) | | HIV status | | | | 0.54 | Positive | 9 (18%) | 4 (27%) | 5 (14%) | 0.29 | Negative | 36 (72%) | 10 (67%) | 26 (74%) | | Unknown | 5 (10%) | 1 (0.1%) | 4 (11%) | | Median time between TB diagnosis and start of TB treatment, days (IQR) | 3 (0–15) | 17.5 (0–26) | 2 (0–9) | 0.03 | Household information | | | | | Location of house | | | | 0.29 | Urban/periurban | 46 (92%) | 14 (93%) | 32 (91%) | | Rural | 2 (4%) | 1 (0.07%) | 1 (0.03%) | | Other | 2 (4%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (0.06%) | | Family type | | | | 0.85 | Joint | 29 (58%) | 9 (60%) | 20 (57%) | | Nuclear | 21 (42%) | 6 (40%) | 15 (43%) | | Median adults in the home (IQR) | 3 (2–5) | 3(2–6) | 3 (2–5) | 0.74 | Median children in the home (IQR)a | 2 (1–3) | 2 (1-2) | 2 (2-3) | 0.05 | House with ≤2 rooms | 42 (84%) | 12 (80%) | 30 (86%) | 0.68 | House with no windows | 32 (64%) | 9 (60%) | 23 (66%) | 0.70 | House with 1 person employed for pay | 24 (48%) | 7 (47%) | 17 (49%) | 0.90 | Monthly household incomeb | | | | 0.82 | $0–63 USD | 17 (34%) | 6 (40%) | 11 (31%) | | $63–111 USD | 19 (38%) | 4 (27%) | 15 (43%) | | >$111 USD | 12 (24%) | 4 (27%) | 8 (23%) | | Refused to Answer | 2 (4%) | 1 (0.06%) | 1 (0.03%) | | Primary caretaker education level ≤4th grade | 19 (38%) | 4 (27%) | 15 (43%) | 0.35 | Moderate to severe food insecurity | 12 (24%) | 7 (46%) | 5 (14%) | 0.01 |
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INR: Indian Rupees; IQR indicates interquartile range.
aThe index case.
bBased on conversion of 1 USD = 48.5 INR (average for 2010-2011) [4].
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