Table 3.
Factors for a poor outcome among 68 patients who completed treatment, i.e. outcome is known
| Feature | Poor outcome (%) (n=12) |
Good outcome (%) (n=56) |
Relative Risk (95% CI) |
p-value |
| Symptom | ||||
| Cough | 10 (83.3) | 55 (98.2) | 0.23 (0.09 – 0.62) | NS |
| Fever | 11 (91.7) | 48 (85.7) | 1.68 (0.25 – 11.48) | NS |
| Dyspnea | 3 (25.0) | 31 (55.4) | 0.33 (0.1 – 1.13) | NS |
| Lymph nodes | 1 (8.3) | 11 (19.6) | 0.42 (0.06 – 2.98) | NS |
| FTT | 11 (91.7) | 41 (73.2) | 3.45 (0.48 – 24.71) | NS |
| Vomit | 4 (33.3) | 14 (25.0) | 1.47 (0.51 – 4.27) | NS |
| History of TB contact |
5 (41.7) | 36 (64.3) | 0.47 (0.17 – 1.33) | NS |
| Signs | ||||
| Digital clubbing | 4 (33.3) | 10 (17.8) | 1.93 (0.68 –5.49) | NS |
| Wasting | 11 (91.7) | 40 (71.4) | 3.74 (0.52 – 26.8) | NS |
| Lymph node | 7 (58.3) | 32 (57.1) | 1.07 (0.38 – 3.03) | NS |
| Consolidation | 5 (41.7) | 23 (41.1) | 1.06 (0.37 – 2.99) | NS |
| Tachypnea | 5 (41.7) | 22 (39.3) | 1.13 (0.4 – 3.18) | NS |
| HIV-infected | 11/12 (91.7) | 20/46 (43.5) | 9.58 (1.32 – 69.46) | <0.005 |
|
Diagnosis is “confirmed or probable TB” |
5 (41.7) | 52 (92.9) | 0.14 (0.05 – 0.36) | <0.00005 |
NS: not significant