Demographic and health data collected from primary care clinic patients presenting with TB symptoms in rural South Africa (Kharitode study) and urban Uganda (STOMP study).
tb_diagnosisA data frame with 1762 rows and 11 variables:
TB test result (1 = positive, 0 = negative)
Age group
Answer to the question "What is your HIV status?" (1 = positive, 0 = negative)
Self-reported history of diabetes (1 = diabetes, 0 = no diabetes)
Answer to the question "Do you smoke tobacco?" (1 = "yes" or "not currently, but formally", 0 = "no, never")
Answer to the question "Have you ever been diagnosed with TB in the past?" (1 = yes, 0 = no)
Sex (1 = male, 0 = female)
Answer to the question "What is the highest grade of education that you have attained?" (1 = Grade 12 or lower, 0 = Any postgraduate education or higher)
Answer to the question "How long had you had a TB symptom (cough, fever, night sweats, weight loss) before you came to clinic?" (1 = >2 weeks, 0 = <2 weeks)
Number of TB symptoms (cough, fever, night sweats, weight loss)
Country in which data were collected (South Africa = Kharitode study, Uganda = STOMP study)