Table 4.
Comparison of proportion of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) who converted their sputum cultures to negative within 2 months after initiation of TB therapy by demographic or clinical characteristics
| Characteristic (N = 193) | 2-month sputum culture conversion (N[%]) |
P value |
|---|---|---|
| Diabetes | 0.94 | |
| Yes | 21 (70) | |
| No | 113 (69) | |
| Gender | 0.53 | |
| Male | 73 (68) | |
| Female | 61 (72) | |
| Race | 0.052 | |
| Asian | 30 (77) | |
| Black | 83 (72) | |
| White | 21 (54) | |
| Ethnicity | 0.014 | |
| Hispanic | 17 (52) | |
| Non-Hispanic | 117 (73) | |
| HIV* | 0.59 | |
| Positive | 29 (73) | |
| Negative | 89 (68) | |
| US-born | 0.92 | |
| Yes | 40 (69) | |
| No | 94 (70) | |
| Cavitary disease | 0.001 | |
| Yes | 42 (55) | |
| No | 91 (78) | |
| Hemodialysis | 0.31 | |
| Yes | 4 (100) | |
| No | 129 (69) |
*
N = 171.