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Table 1 Etiological profile of the study population

From: A Centre for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Tuberculosis (CDT) in a resource-limited setting: a dragnet for patients with heart disease?

Diagnosis

Frequencies (%) N = 348

95% CI

Cardiac disease

  

  Hypertensive heart disease

131 (37.6)

32.7-42.8

  Rheumatic heart disease

8 (2.3)

1.2-4.5

  Ischemic heart disease

2 (0.6)

0.1-2.1

  Arrhythmias

10 (2.9)

1.6-5.2

  Cardiomyopathies

32 (9.2)

6.5-12.9

  Pericarditis

3 (0.9)

0.2-2.7

  Total

186 (53.4)

48.2-58.6

Pulmonary disease

  

  COPD

10 (2.9)

1.6-5.2

  Non-tuberculous pneumonia

52 (14.9)

11.6-19.1

  Pulmonary tuberculosis

17 (4.9)

3.1-7.7

  Pleural tuberculosis

6 (1.7)

0.8-3.7

  Bronchitis

36 (10.3)

7.6-14.0

  Asthma

1 (0.3)

0.05-1.6

  Total

122 (35.1)

30.2-40.2

Cardio-pulmonary disease

  

  Cor pulmonale

9 (2.6)

1.4-4.9

  Pneumonia/Heart failure

27 (7.8)

5.4-11.1

  Total

36 (10.3)

7.6-14.0

Non cardiac and non-pulmonary disease

  

  Anemia

1 (0.3)

0.05-1.6

  Tietze syndrome

3 (0.9)

0.2-2.7

  Total

4 (1.2)

0.4-2.9

  1. COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.