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Volume 29, Number 5—May 2023
Research

Influence of Sex and Sex-Based Disparities on Prevalent Tuberculosis, Vietnam, 2017–2018

Hai Viet NguyenComments to Author , Daniella Brals, Edine Tiemersma, Robert Gasior, Nhung Viet Nguyen, Hoa Binh Nguyen, Hung Van Nguyen, Ngoc Anh Le Thi, and Frank Cobelens
Author affiliations: Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (H.V. Nguyen, D. Brals, F. Cobelens); Vietnam National Tuberculosis Program, Hanoi, Vietnam (H.V. Nguyen, N.V. Nguyen, H.B. Nguyen, H.V. Nguyen, N.A. Le Thi); KNCV Tuberculosis Foundation, Den Haag, the Netherlands (E. Tiemersma); National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Washington, DC, USA (R. Gasior).

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Table 2

Distribution of domains by sex among interviewed participants (N = 1,319) in case–control analysis of tuberculosis prevalence, Vietnam, 2017–2018

Domains Women, no. (%) Men, no. (%) Total, no. (%) p value*
Clinical symptoms
Least 439 (70.2) 392 (56.5) 831 (63.0) <0.001
Moderately 144 (23.1) 213 (30.7) 357 (27.1)
Most
42 (6.7)
 89 (12.8)
 131 (9.9)
Access to healthcare
Good 256 (41.0) 215 (31.0) 471 (35.7) <0.001
Moderate 219 (35.0) 209 (30.1) 428 (32.5)
Poor
150 (24.0)
 270 (38.9)
 420 (31.8)
Behavioral and environmental risk
Low 347 (55.5) 148 (21.3) 495 (37.5) <0.001
Moderate 252 (40.3) 182 (26.2) 434 (32.9)
High
26 (4.2)
 364 (52.5)
 390 (29.6)
Socioeconomic status
High 202 (32.3) 247 (35.6) 449 (34.0) 0.440
Medium 215 (34.4) 223 (32.1) 438 (33.2)
Low
 208 (33.3)
 224 (32.3)
 432 (32.8)
Total 625 (100) 694 (100) 1,319 (100)

*By Pearson χ2 test to compare the differences between men and women.

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