Table 1.
Baseline participant characteristics from the ACF and PCF cohorts.
| All N = 212 |
ACF N = 105 |
PCF N = 107 |
p-Value * | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men, N (%) | 172 (81.1%) | 85 (80.9%) | 87 (81.3%) | 0.947 |
| Age, mean (SD) | 54 (16) | 62 (12) | 47 (15) | <0.001 |
| Age group, N (%) | <0.001 | |||
| 18–24 | 11 | 0 | 11 | |
| 25–34 | 22 | 3 | 19 | |
| 35–44 | 20 | 5 | 15 | |
| 45–54 | 42 | 20 | 22 | |
| 55–64 | 64 | 40 | 24 | |
| 65+ | 53 | 37 | 16 | |
| Completed secondary school, N (%) | 60 (28.3%) | 23 (21.9%) | 35 (34.6%) | 0.040 |
| Employment (including informal) pre-TB, N (%) | 191 (90.1%) | 95 (90.5%) | 96 (89.7%) | 0.854 |
| Monthly household income pre-TB in USD, median (IQR) | 529 (301–817) | 477 (258–774) | 581 (344–860) | 0.069 |
| Households living below poverty line **, N (%) | 19 (9%) | 11 (10%) | 8 (7%) | 0.445 |
| Number of household members, mean (SD) | 4 (2) | 4 (2) | 4 (2) | 0.061 |
| Enrolled in Social Health Insurance, N (%) | 176 (83.0%) | 88 (83.8%) | 88 (82.2%) | 0.761 |
| Diagnosed with at least one comorbidity, N (%) | 151 (71.2%) | 75 (71.4%) | 76 (71.0%) | 0.949 |
| History of TB, N (%) | 12 (5.7%) | 8 (7.6%) | 4 (3.7%) | 0.250 |
| Self-reported positive HIV status, N (%) | 5 (2.4%) | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (4.7%) | 0.060 |
| Weeks before treatment, median (IQR) | 5 (1–15) | 4 (0–12) | 6 (3–15) | 0.002 |
| Health provider visits before diagnosis, median (IQR) | 4 (3–7) | 3 (2–4) | 6 (3–7) | <0.001 |
* Chi-square test/Fisher’s exact test/Wilcoxon rank-sum tests as applicable; ** poverty line defined as personal income < USD 1.90/day; SD = standard deviation; significant p-values marked in bold.