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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants (n =107), students from Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

From: Diagnosis of latent tuberculosis infection in healthy young adults in a country with high tuberculosis burden and BCG vaccination at birth

Characteristics

No(%)

Department

 

  Laboratory Technology (LT)

50 (46.7)

  Nursing

34 (31.8)

  Others1

23 (8.4)

Year of study

 

  First year

43 (40.2)

  Second year

47 (43.9)

  Third year

17 (15.9)

Place of birth (Region)

 

  Addis Ababa

17 (15.9)

  Amhara

30 (28.0)

  Oromia

29 (27.1)

  Southern Nations

22 (20.6)

  Others2

9 (7.5)

Religion

 

  Christian

85 (68.2)

  Muslim

22 (20.6)

Married

2 (1.9)

Claimed to have habit of Khat3 Consumption

9 (8.4)

Claimed to have habit of Cigarette Smoking

2 (1.9)

  1. 1 Midwifery, Radiography, Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacy; 2 Tigray and Somali; 3Khat: Catha edulis is commonly known as Khat.