OBJECTIVE: To study the differences in presentation of @entity1907 in young adult and elderly @entity1 . DESIGN: A prospective study was conducted between December 1999 to May 2000, which included all the @entity1 presenting with @entity1907 at the Department of Thoracic Medicine, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), Karachi. @entity1 AND METHODS: There were 67 young adult (mean age 30.63 yrs) and 36 elderly @entity1 (mean age 65.92 yrs) with @entity1907 . The difference in presentation of two groups were analyzed for statistical difference. Chi-square test was used for testing difference of percentage. The students t-test was used for testing difference of mean. The P<0.05 level of significance was adopted. RESULTS: The elderly @entity1 were more likely to have dyspnoea (73% vs 23.9% P<0.001) and non-specific symptoms (62.2% vs 17.9% P<0.001) but less haemoptysis (21.6% vs 46.3% P<0.01). The chest radiograph in elderly @entity1 more commonly had extensive bilateral infiltration (32.4% vs 14.9% P<0.03) and lower zone infiltration (37.8% vs 3% P<0.001). CONCLUSION: The result of our study suggests that elderly @entity1 with @entity1907 were more likely to present with dyspnoea, non-specific symptoms and atypical radiographic appearance.

Differences in clinical presentation of XXXX in association with age.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['PATIENTS', 'patients'] @entity1907 :: ('MESH:D014397', 'Disease') :: ['pulmonary tuberculosis']
@entity1907 :: (MESH:D014397,Disease) :: ['pulmonary tuberculosis']
