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Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of TB patients attending the DOTS facilities in 21 referral hospitals in Kebbi State

From: Tuberculosis treatment outcomes among pulmonary TB patients attending public hospitals in Kebbi State, Northern Nigeria: a four-year retrospective study

Variables	Frequency	Percentage (%)
Age
Less than 20	93	9.2
21–40	484	47.6
41–60	197	19.3
Above 60	242	23.9
Year
2018	59	5
2019	89	7.5
2020	486	41.2
2021	546	46.3
Sex
Male	963	82.9
Female	198	17.1
Type of infection
Pulmonary	932	95.1
Extra pulmonary	48	4.9
Diagnosis
AFB	693	59.3
GeneXpert	474	40.7
DOTA support
Yes	763	69.7
No	332	30.3
Treatment success
Successful	903	91.7
Unsuccessful	82	8.3
HIV/TB status
Positive	64	5.8
Negative	1036	94.2
Types of patients
New	1088	92.6
Old TB cases	87	7.4

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