Research Article
Is Universal Screening Necessary? Incidence of Tuberculosis among Tibetan Refugees Arriving in Calgary, Alberta
Table 2
Associations between demographic characteristics and diagnosis of LTBI.
| | Number with LTBI | value |
| Age less than 30 years | 51/119 | | Age 30 years or older | 29/44 | Male | 45/83 | | Female | 35/80 | Residence in camp | 49/106 | | No/unknown camp residence | 31/57 | Smoker or prior smoker | 16/25 | | Never smoked | 64/138 | Abnormal chest radiograph | 39/68 | | Normal chest radiograph | 41/95 | Family history of TB | 2/5 | | No family history | 78/158 |
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1-sided Fisher’s exact test.
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