Key determinants of misdiagnosis of tracheobronchial tuberculosis among senile patients in contemporary clinical practice: A retrospective analysis

Table 2 Comparison of clinical features in the two groups

Variables	Categories	Misdiagnosed group, n = 62	Diagnosed group, n = 58	χ2	P value
Clinical manifestations, n (%)	Cough	53 (85.48)	49 (84.48)	0.024	0.878
	Expectoration	38 (61.29)	40 (68.97)	0.776	0.378
	Hemoptysis	11 (17.74)	14 (24.14)	0.743	0.389
	Breathlessness	23 (37.10)	18 (31.03)	0.49	0.484
	Fever (≥ 37.3 °C)	19 (30.65)	10 (17.24)	2.938	0.087
	Other systemic symptoms	14 (22.58)	11 (18.97)	0.237	0.626
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, n (%)	Cervical lymphatic tuberculosis	2 (3.23)	1 (1.72)	-	1.000
	Bone tuberculosis	1 (1.61)	1 (1.72)	-	1.000
	Laryngeal tuberculosis	2 (3.23)	3 (5.17)	-	0.672
	Tuberculous meningitis	1 (1.61)	0 (0.00)	-	1.000
Chronic diseases, n (%)	1	15 (24.19)	7 (12.07)	2.942	0.086
	2	18 (29.03)	11 (18.97)	1.657	0.198
	≥ 3	7 (11.29)	3 (5.17)	1.468	0.226