Lung functions among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Dar es Salaam – a cross-sectional study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Table 2 Sociodemographic factors associated with abnormal lung functions

Characteristics	Total	Any Abnormality		P	Obstructive		P	Restrictive		P	Mixed		P
Age groups (number, %)
≤40 years	326	228	69.9 %	0.004*	121	53.1 %	0.132*	46	20.2 %	0.163*	61	26.8 %	0.715*
>40 years	175	143	81.7 %		88	61.5 %		20	14.0 %		35	24.5 %
Sex (number, %)
Males	303	239	78.9 %	0.003*	112	46.9 %	<0.001*	50	20.9 %	0.034*	77	32.2 %	<0.001*
Female	198	132	66.7 %		97	73.5 %		16	12.1 %		19	14.4 %
Marital Status (number, %)
Single	169	120	71.0 %	0.432	64	53.3 %	0.679	23	19.2 %	0.723	33	27.5 %	0.874
Married/Cohabiting	263	201	76.4 %		115	57.2 %		36	17.9 %		50	24.9 %
Divorced/W idowed	69	50	72.5 %		30	60.0 %		7	14.0 %		13	26.0 %
Education (number, %)
No Formal Education	62	47	75.8 %	0.080	29	61.7 %	0.063	7	14.9 %	0.912	11	23.4 %	0.036
Primary Education	330	249	75.5 %		148	59.4 %		45	18.1 %		56	22.5 %
Secondary Education	84	62	73.8 %		26	41.9 %		11	17.7 %		25	40.3 %
Post-Secondary Education	25	13	52.0 %		6	46.2 %		3	23.1 %		4	30.8 %
Occupation (number, %)
Agriculture	19	18	94.7 %	0.05	11	61.1 %	0.005	1	5.6 %	0.236	6	33.3 %	0.013
Domestic	171	119	69.6 %		81	68.1 %		19	16.0 %		19	16.0 %
Industrial	64	44	68.8 %		16	36.4 %		10	22.7 %		18	40.9 %
Office	119	96	80.7 %		53	55.2 %		14	14.6 %		29	30.2 %
Other	128	94	73.4 %		48	51.1 %		22	23.4 %		24	25.5 %

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