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Table 5 TB-suspicious symptoms of migrant workers by occupation

From: Migrant workers’ occupation and healthcare-seeking preferences for TB-suspicious symptoms and other health problems: a survey among immigrant workers in Songkhla province, southern Thailand

TB-suspicious symptom

FW

RT

CW

Number (%)

Number (%)

Number (%)

N = 214

N = 200

n = 200

Cough for >2 weeks

17 (44.7)

40 (58.8)

44 (57.1)

Expectoration

14 (36.8)

19 (27.9)

35 (45.5)

Haemoptysis

0 (0.0)

5 (7.4)

12 (15.6)

Gradual loss of weight

0 (0.0)

4 (5.9)

1 (1.3)

Low grade fever

7 (18.4)

17 (25.0)

17 (22.1)

Any TB-suspicious symptom

36 (17.8)

66 (34.0)

77 (38.5)