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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics for adult TB cases, stratified by HIV status and death (n = 93 133)

From: The complex relationship between human immunodeficiency virus infection and death in adults being treated for tuberculosis in Cape Town, South Africa

 

HIV-positive

HIV-negative

HIV status unknown

Total died (n = 4619)

 

Alive

Died

Alive

Died

Alive

Dead

(n = 44 315)

(n = 3017)

(n = 41 548)

(n = 1408)

(n = 2651)

(n = 194)

Mean age in years at registration (SD)

34.9 (9.1)

37.9 (10.3)

36.0 (14.4)

51.1 (15.8)

36.0 (14.5)

50.1 (17.4)

42.4 (14.0)

Age in years at registration

       

 15–24 (%)

4531 (95.6)

208 (4.4)

11 358 (99.1)

98 (0.9)

597 (97.5)

15 (2.5)

321 (1.9)

 25–34 (%)

19 064 (94.8)

1044 (5.2)

10 292 (98.7)

134 (1.3)

857 (96.6)

30 (3.4)

1208 (3.8)

 35–44 (%)

14 236 (93.2)

1035 (6.8)

7917 (97.6)

194 (2.4)

534 (94.5)

31 (5.5)

1260 (5.3)

 45–54 (%)

5096 (90.8)

519 (9.2)

7122 (95.0)

377 (5.0)

343 (90.0)

38 (10.0)

934 (6.9)

 55–64 (%)

1220 (88.0)

166 (12.0)

3383 (91.1)

329 (8.9)

182 (84.7)

33 (15.3)

528 (9.9)

  > 64 (%)

168 (78.9)

45 (21.1)

1476 (84.2)

276 (15.8)

138 (74.6)

47 (25.4)

368 (17.1)

Gender

       

 Male (%)

21 037 (93.3)

1464 (6.8)

26 009 (96.3)

988 (3.7)

1709 (93.7)

115 (6.3)

2567 (5.1)

 Female (%)

24 078 (93.9)

1553 (6.1)

15 539 (97.4)

420 (2.6)

942 (92.3)

79 (7.7)

2052 (4.8)

Median CD4 count for HIV-positive patients [IQR]

167 [77–298]

93 [37–191]

     

  < 50 cells/mm3 (%)

7039 (89.0)

872 (11.0)

     

 51–200 cells/mm3 (%)

17 671 (93.6)

1209 (6.4)

     

 201–350 cells/mm3 (%)

9895 (96.0)

407 (4.0)

     

 351–500 cells/mm3 (%)

4736 (96.9)

154 (3.1)

     

  > 500 cells/mm3 (%)

3171 (97.2)

91 (2.8)

     

 Missing

1803 (86.4)

284 (13.6)

     

Baseline sputum smear

       

 Negative (%)

24 855 (93.7)

1591 (6.3)

13 590 (95.6)

628 (4.4)

884 (92.8)

69 (7.2)

2288 (5.6)

 Positive (%)

14 572 (94.0)

938 (6.0)

25 392 (97.6)

625 (2.4)

1488 (95.3)

74 (4.7)

1637 (3.8)

 No smear (%)

5888 (92.3)

488 (7.7)

2566 (94.3)

155 (5.7)

279 (84.5)

51 (15.5)

694 (7.4)

Disease classification

       

 PTB (%)

33 664 (93.9)

2205 (6.1)

37 132 (96.9)

1174 (3.1)

2293 (93.7)

155 (6.3)

3534 (4.6)

 EPTB (%)

9410 (93.0)

705 (7.0)

4056 (95.1)

208 (4.9)

329 (90.6)

34 (9.4)

947 (6.4)

 Both (%)

1241 (92.1)

107 (7.9)

360 (93.3)

26 (6.7)

29 (85.3)

5 (14.7)

138 (7.8)

Category

       

 Retreatment (%)

13 738 (92.2)

1167 (7.8)

11 520 (95.2)

582 (4.8)

637 (91.4)

60 (8.6)

1809 (6.5)

 New (%)

30 577 (94.3)

1850 (5.7)

30 028 (97.3)

826 (2.7)

2014 (93.8)

134 (6.2)

2810 (4.3)

Registration year

       

 2009

12 771 (93.0)

965 (7.0)

11 506 (96.3)

436 (3.7)

1262 (93.4)

89 (6.6)

1490 (5.5)

 2010

12 971 (93.6)

893 (6.4)

12 147 (96.7)

414 (3.3)

710 (93.7)

48 (6.3)

1355 (5.0)

 2011

12 739 (94.2)

787 (5.8)

11 929 (97.0)

365 (3.0)

453 (91.5)

42 (8.5)

1194 (4.5)

 2012

5834 (94.0)

372 (6.0)

5966 (96.9)

193 (3.1)

226 (93.8)

15 (6.2)

580 (4.6)

  1. SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range, TB tuberculosis, PTB pulmonary TB, EPTB extra-pulmonary TB