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Table 1 Profile of the study participants (n = 3537)

From: Impacts of hepatitis B and hepatitis C co-infection with tuberculosis, a prospective cohort study

Variables

Frequency

Percentage

Sex

Male

1734

49

Female

1803

51

Resident

Rural

2817

79.64

Urban

720

20.36

Educational status

Illiterate

170

4.8

Informal education

707

20

Formal education

2660

75.2

Problematic alcohol use

Present

383

89.2

Absent

3154

10.8

Type of TB

Smear positive

996

28.2

Smear negative

1782

50.2

Extra pulmonary

759

21.5

Other chronic illness

Present

281

7.9

Absent

3256

92.1

Smoking

Yes

301

8.5

No

3236

91.5

IPa

Infected

2327

65.8

Not infected

1210

34.2

HIV

Positive

2641

74.7

Negative

896

25.3

  1. aIP Intestinal parasite
  2. The socio-demographic profiles of the whole study participants. The descriptions of 3537 tuberculosis patients were presented. The table also describes the proportions of Intestinal parasitic status infection and the HIV status of the tuberculosis patients