highly significantp = 0.001
Symptomatic disease was more prevalent in the extrapulmonary/disseminated tuberculosis group (85.4%, n = 82) compared to the pulmonary group (65.3%, n = 64), with a highly significant difference ( p = 0.001).
Symptomatic disease was more prevalent in the extrapulmonary/disseminated tuberculosis group (85.4%, n = 82) compared to the pulmonary group (65.3%, n = 64), with a highly significant difference ( p = 0.001).
Our study found no statistically significant difference in the median age between the pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB groups, although there was a slight trend toward younger patients in the extrapulmonary/disseminated group (35 years vs. 44.5 years).