Hematological and Biochemistry Profile and Risk Factors Associated with Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients in Guyana

Table 1

Characteristics of study population in the Georgetown Chest Clinic, Guyana.

Characteristics	Total population	95% CI	TB; 272 (86.1)	95% CI	TB-HIV; 44 (13.9)	95% CI
Age (mean ± SD)	40 ± 13.8	38.6–41.7	40.0 ± 14.3	38.3–41.7	40.9 ± 10.7	37.7–44.2
Age group
<20	20 (6.3)	4.1–9.6	20 (7.4)	4.8–11.1	0
20–29	59 (18.7)	14.8–23.3	52 (19.1)	14.9–24.2	7 (15.9)	7.9–29.3
30–39	74 (23.4)	19.1–28.4	57 (21.0)	16.5–26.2	17 (38.6)	25.7–53.3
40–49	88 (27.8)	23.2–33.0	77 (28.3)	23.3–33.9	11 (25.0)	14.6–39.4
50–59	45 (14.2)	10.8–18.5	39 (14.3)	10.7–19.0	6 (13.6)	6.4–26.7
>60	30 (9.5)	6.7–13.2	27 (9.9)	6.9–14.1	3 (6.8)	2.3–18.2
Gender
Male	235 (74.4)	69.3–78.8	201 (73.9)	68.4–78.7	34 (77.3)	63.0–87.1
Female	81 (25.6)	21.1–30.7	71 (26.1)	21.2–31.6	10 (22.7)	12.8–36.9
Ethnicity
Afro-Guyanese	131 (41.5)	36.2–47.0	101 (37.1)	31.6–43.0	30 (68.2)	53.4–80.0
Amerindian	33 (10.4)	7.5–14.3	31 (11.4)	8.1–15.7	2 (4.5)	1.3–15.1
Indo-Guyanese	71 (24.5)	18.2–27.4	68 (25.0)	20.2–30.5	3 (6.8)	2.3–18.2%
Mixed	77 (24.4)	20.0–29.4	68 (25.0)	20.2–30.5	9 (2.0)	2.0–11.1%
Portuguese	4 (1.3)	0.5–3.2	4 (1.5)	0.5–3.7	0.0