TB cases (1974-2018) and controls (1998-2018) analytical dataset (Karonga)
Malawi
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Reference ID
MWI-MEIRU-TB-COMBINE-FINAL-2022-v01
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Mia Crampin, Estelle McLean
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Nov 14, 2025
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Disease identified through biopsy (D) (biopdisease)
Data file: combined_tb_cases_controls_final
Overview
Valid:
188
Invalid:
12723
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
253
End:
254
Width:
2
Range:
1 - 99
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
Disease identified through biopsy
Categories
| Value | Category | Cases | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Actrophy | 0 |
0%
|
| 2 | Adoema | 0 |
0%
|
| 3 | Adenocarcinoma | 0 |
0%
|
| 4 | Benign epidermoid cyst | 0 |
0%
|
| 5 | Benign fibroadenoma | 0 |
0%
|
| 6 | Eosb reactive | 0 |
0%
|
| 7 | Fibrosis | 0 |
0%
|
| 8 | Hodgkin's lymphoma | 0 |
0%
|
| 10 | Kaposi sarcoma | 3 |
1.6%
|
| 11 | Metastatic carcinoma | 0 |
0%
|
| 12 | Non hodgkin lymphoma | 0 |
0%
|
| 13 | Pyogenic granulomas | 0 |
0%
|
| 14 | Plexiform neurofibroma | 0 |
0%
|
| 15 | Reactive hyperplasia | 3 |
1.6%
|
| 16 | Subcutaneous tissue | 0 |
0%
|
| 17 | TB | 182 |
96.8%
|
| 18 | ??? | 0 |
0%
|
| 88 | Unknown | 0 |
0%
|
| 99 | Missing | 0 |
0%
|
| 9 | Inflammation | 1 | |
| Sysmiss | 12722 |
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
Imputation and derivation
Derivation
variable: tblabno [lab number] (table[s]: tb_specimen, tb_biopsy)
variable: datecoll [specimen collection date] (table[s]: tb_specimen)
variable: disease [biopsy result] (table[s]: tb_biopsy)
variable: datecoll [specimen collection date] (table[s]: tb_specimen)
variable: disease [biopsy result] (table[s]: tb_biopsy)