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Table 3 Crude and specific relative risk estimates for impact of HIV, comparing HIV-positive and negative patients

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

 

RR

(95 % CI)

p-value

HIV Status

   

 HIV-positive

2.19

(2.03–2.37)

<0.001

Age group

 15–24 years

4.82

(3.88–5.99)

<0.001

 25–34 years

3.76

(3.12–4.53)

<0.001

 35–44 years

2.64

(2.28–3.06)

<0.001

 45–54 years

1.75

(1.53–1.99)

<0.001

 55–64 years

1.26

(1.06–1.50)

0.008

 65+ years

1.23

(0.91–1.66)

0.169

Baseline smear

 Negative

1.85

(1.68–2.04)

<0.001

 Positive

2.82

(2.58–3.07)

<0.001

 No smear

1.77

(1.46–2.14)

<0.001

Gender

 Female

2.74

(2.43–3.08)

<0.001

 Male

1.94

(1.77–2.11)

<0.001

  1. RR relative risk, CI confidence interval
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