Younger patients (18–64 years) | Older patients (≥65 years) | p-value all patients | p-value PTB patients | |||
All TB patients | PTB patients | All TB patients | PTB patients | |||
Patients | 523 | 182 | 109 | 53 | ||
Symptom duration at presentation to secondary care days | 45 (22.5–90) | 60 (30–90) | 60 (15–135) | 75 (11–180) | 0.30 | 0.40 |
Symptom duration | ||||||
<2 months | 257 (39.1) | 51 (46.8) | 0.66 | |||
2–4 months | 156 (39.9) | 28 (25.7) | 0.39 | |||
>4 months | 110 (21.0) | 30 (27.5) | 0.16 | |||
Time to starting treatment from presentation to secondary care to days | 3 (1–18) | 2 (1–6) | 15 (3–59) | 7 (2–53) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
Total time to starting treatment from symptom onset days | 61 (31–96) | 61 (31–103) | 91 (46–182) | 92.5 (41.5–189) | 0.001 | 0.003 |
Time to treatment | n=506 | n=164 | n=102 | n=49 | ||
<2 months | 269 (53.2) | 75 (45.7) | 34 (33.3) | 17 (34.7) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
<4 months | 405 (80.0) | 128 (78.0) | 66 (64.7) | 31 (63.3) | ||
>4 months | 101 (20.0) | 36 (22.0) | 36 (35.3) | 18 (36.7) |
Data are presented as n, median (interquartile range) or n (%), unless otherwise stated.