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Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants (N = 290)

From: Vitamin D deficiency among smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients and their tuberculosis negative household contacts in Northwest Ethiopia: a case–control study

Characteristics

TB patients (N = 96)

N (%)

Non TB controls (N = 194)

N (%)

Total (N = 290)

Gender

 Male

57 (59.4)

84 (43.3)

141 (48.6)

 Female

39 (40.6)

110 (56.7)

149 (51.4)

Residence

 Rural

34 (35.4)

76 (39.2)

110 (37.9)

 Urban

62 (64.6)

118 (60.8)

180 (62.1)

Age group in years

 <15

13 (13.5)

68 (35.1)

81 (27.9)

 15–24

27 (28.1)

33 (17.0)

60 (20.7)

 25–34

30 (31.2)

33 (17.0)

63 (21.7)

 35–44

10 (10.4)

27 (13.9)

37 (12.8)

 45–54

6 (6.2)

17 (8.8)

23 (7.9)

 55+

10 (10.4)

16 (8.2)

26 (9.0)

  1. N number, TB tuberculosis