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Table 1 MSM and TGW—TB screening and testing and TB and HIV co-infection

From: High prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis among female sex workers, men who have sex with men, and transgender women in Papua New Guinea

 

Port Moresby

Lae

 

Unweighted sample proportion, %, N = 400

Weighted population proportion, % (95% CI), N = 7500

Unweighted sample proportion, %, N = 352

Weighted population proportion, % (95% CI), N = 4700

TB screening

 Unexplained weight loss

50.5

52.7 (46.6–58.8)

39.2

39.0 (32.3–44.3)

 Cough

37.5

40.1 (34.3–45.9)

25.6

24.6 (19.1–30.0)

 Fever

28.8

26.8 (21.5–32.0)

27.8

25.2 (19.9–30.0)

 Night sweats

25.0

24.6 (19.4–29.7)

29.5

29.1 (23.7–34.4)

 Experienced at least one of four TB symptoms

67.8

69.0 (63.1–74.8)

55.1

52.6 (46.0–58.7)

TB and HIV testing

 TB positive

1.0

1.0 (0.0–2.2)

1.4

1.2 (0.0–2.4)

 Rifampicin-resistant TB

25.0

4.7% (0.0–7.3)

0.0

0.0 (0.0–0,0)

 HIV positive

7.7

8.5 (5–11.9)

6.9

7.1 (3.6–10.3)

 HIV and TB co-infection

0.0

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

0.0

0.0 (0.0–0.0)

  1. MSM men who have sex with men, TGW transgender women, TB tuberculosis, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, 95% CI 95% confidence interval, % percentage, N total sample and population