Environmental and behavioural characteristics of patients with tuberculosis (TB) at selected multidrug-resistant TB treatment initiative centres, southern Ethiopia, 2021.
| Variables | Cases N (%) | Controls N (%) |
| History of cigarette smoking | ||
| Yes | 20 (25.32) | 28 (8.95) |
| No | 59 (74.68) | 285 (91.05) |
| History of prison | ||
| Yes | 7 (8.86) | 10 (3.20) |
| No | 72 (91.14) | 303 (96.80) |
| History of drinking alcohol | ||
| Yes | 21 (26.58) | 49 (15.65) |
| No | 58 (73.42) | 264 (84.35) |
| History of migration | ||
| Yes | 16 (20.25) | 34 (10.86) |
| No | 63 (79.75) | 279 (89.14) |
| Knowledge of TB symptoms | ||
| Yes | 18 (22.78) | 127 (40.57) |
| No | 61 (77.22) | 186 (59.43) |