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Table 2 Clinical, laboratory, and treatment-related characteristics of adult TB patients by distance from TB clinics in Gibe Woreda public health facilities, Hadiya zone, southern Ethiopia

From: Predictors of loss to follow-up among adult tuberculosis patients in Southern Ethiopia: a retrospective follow-up study

Characteristics

Categories

Total (N = 402), n (%)

Exposeda (N = 151), n (%)

Not exposedb (N = 251), n (%)

Baseline functional status

Working

249 (61.9)

100(66.2)

149(59.4)

Ambulatory

144 (35.8)

45(29.8)

99(39.4)

Bedridden

9 (2.2)

6 (4.0)

3(1.2)

Types of TB on admission

New pulmonary TB

133 (33.1)

52 (34.4)

81 (32.3)

New pulmonary negative

188 (46.8)

70 (46.4)

118 (47.0)

Extra pulmonary TB

81 (20.2)

29 (19.2)

52 (20.7)

ART medication

Yes

11 (2.7)

4(2.7)

7(2.8)

No

391 (97.3)

147 (97.3)

244(97.2)

Previous TB treatment

Yes

10 (2.5)

4(2.7)

6(2.4)

No

392 (97.5)

147(97.3)

245(97.6)

Family support

Yes

349 (86.8)

111(73.5)

238 (94.8)

No

53 (13.2)

40 (26.5)

13(5.2)

Nutritional support

Yes

80 (19.9)

35(23)

45(18)

No

322 (80.1)

116 (77)

206(82)

DOTS follow-up

Hospital

87 (21.6)

31(20.5)

56(22.3)

Health centre

281 (69.9)

106 (70.2)

175(69.7)

Health post

34 (8.5)

14 (9.3)

20(8.0)

Treatment outcome

Lost

37 (9.2)

31 (20.5)

6(2.4)

Censoredc

365 (90.8)

120(79.5)

245 (97.6)

  1. ART antiretroviral therapy, TB tuberculosis
  2. a ≥ 10 km
  3. b < 10 km
  4. ccured, completed treatment, died, failure, and transferred out