Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study participants
| Participants with positive mycobacterial cultures for M. tuberculosis. | Participants with a culture sample analysed by WGS | Participants with a culture sample analysed for DST | |
| Subjects N | 365 | 265 | 237 |
| Male | 306/365 (83.8) | 221/265 (83.4) | 198/237 (83.5) |
| Age, years | 52.9±15.4 | 52.0±15.8 | 51.9±15.9 |
| Cough in the last 2 weeks | 208/279 (74.6) | 149/196 (76.0) | 128/169 (75.7) |
| Current smoker | 193/358 (53.9) | 137/262 (52.3) | 123/236 (52.1) |
| Self-reported diabetes | 26/295 (8.8) | 16/212 (7.5) | 14/190 (7.4) |
| Previous TB treatment | 41/336 (12.2) | 24/244 (9.8) | 18/217 (8.3) |
| Fever in the last 2 weeks | 76/279 (27.2) | 51/196 (26.0) | 48/169 (28.4) |
| Night sweats in the last 2 weeks | 68/279 (24.4) | 45/196 (23.0) | 37/169 (21.9) |
| Weight loss in the last month | 73/279 (26.2) | 51/196 (26.0) | 46/169 (27.2) |
Data are presented as n/N (%) and mean±sd. M. tuberculosis: Mycobacterium tuberculosis; WGS: whole genome sequencing; DST: drug susceptibility testing; TB: tuberculosis.