Table 1 Baseline characteristics of TB patients treated at DRH from January 2006 – December 2010
From: Mortality among tuberculosis patients under DOTS programme: a historical cohort study
Variables | HIV status | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Positive (n = 629) | Negative (n = 631) | ||
Gender | |||
Male | 341 (54.2) | 440 (69.7) | 781 (62.0) |
Female | 288 (45.8) | 191 (30.7) | 479 (38.0) |
Age group | |||
< 20 | 83 (13.2) | 80 (12.7) | 163 (12.9) |
20–29 | 110 (17.5) | 288 (45.6) | 398 (31.6) |
30–39 | 274 (43.6) | 148 (23.5) | 422 (33.5) |
40–49 | 101 (16.1) | 36 (5.7) | 137 (10.9) |
> 49 | 61 (9.7) | 79 (12.5) | 140 (11.1) |
Residence | |||
Urban | 600 (95.4) | 606 (96.0) | 1206 (95.7) |
Rural | 29 (4.6) | 25 (4.0) | 54 (4.3) |
Baseline weight | |||
< 20 | 43 (6.8) | 31 (4.9) | 74 (5.9) |
20–29 | 16 (2.5) | 3 (0.5) | 19 (1.5) |
30–39 | 45 (7.2) | 63 (10.0) | 108 (8.6) |
40–49 | 195 (31.0) | 136 (21.6) | 331 (26.3) |
> 49 | 330 (52.5) | 398 (63.1) | 728 (57.8) |
CPT initiated | |||
No | 186 (29.6) | 581 (92.1) | 767 (60.9) |
Yes | 443 (70.4) | 50 (7.9) | 493 (39.1) |
ART initiated | |||
No | 348 (55.3) | 631 (100) | 979 (77.7) |
Yes | 281 (44.7) | 0 (0.0) | 281 (22.3) |
Type of TB | |||
Smear positive | 67 (10.7) | 140 (22.2) | 207 (16.4) |
Smear negative | 291 (46.3) | 211 (33.4) | 502 (39.8) |
EPTB | 271 (43.1) | 280 (44.4) | 551 (43.7) |
Treatment category | |||
New | 539 (85.7) | 514 (81.5) | 1053 (83.6) |
Retreatment | 90 (14.3) | 117 (18.5) | 207 (16.4) |
Patient status | |||
Censored | 516 (82.0) | 627 (99.4) | 1143 (90.7) |
Died | 113 (18.0) | 4 (0.6) | 117 (9.3) |