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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Karonga -District-wide Combined / Harmonized Datasets Karonga HDSS

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Nov 14, 2025

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Tissue biopsied (D) (bioptissue)

Data file: combined_tb_cases_controls_final

Overview

Valid: 202

Invalid: 12709

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 252

End: 252

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Tissue biopsied

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Breast lump	0	0%
2	Lymph node	192	95%
3	Salivary gland	1	0.5%
4	Skin	9	4.5%
5	???	0	0%
8	Unknown	0	0%
9	Missing	0	0%
Sysmiss		12709

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: tissue [tissue biopsied] (table[s]: tb_biopsy)

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