Yield of Smear Microscopy and Radiological Findings of Male and Female Patients with Tuberculosis in Abuja, Nigeria

Table 2

Smear-microscopy results by HIV status and gender in culture-positive patients.

HIV	Male		Female
	Positive	Negative	Positive	Negative	All
	$N=189$ (${49.3\%}^{*}$)	$N=194$ (50.7%)	$N=140$ (${57.9\%}^{*}$)	$N=102$ (42.1%)	$N=625$
Smear-positive	93 (${49.2\%}^{**}$)	128 (66%)	65 (${46.4\%}^{**}$)	54 (52.9%)	340 (54.4%)
Smear-negative	96 (50.8%)	66 (34%)	75 (53.6%)	48 (47.1%)	285 (44.6%)

${}^{*}$HIV positivity by gender (or, 95%CI for female compared to male $=$ 1.01$-$1.97, $P=.046$),
${}^{**}$Smear positivity among HIV-positives versus HIV-negatives, $P<.001$ for males, and $P=.38$ for females.