Table 4.
Factors for a poor outcome among patients with confirmed or probable tuberculosis
| Feature | Poor outcome (%) (n = 5) |
Good outcome (%) (n = 57) |
Relative risk (95% CI) |
p-value for χ2 |
| HIV-infected | 5 (100) | 17/43 (40) | - | 0.015† |
| Digital clubbing | 2 (40) | 9 (17) | 2.79 (0.53 – 14.72) | NS |
| Wasting | 5 (100) | 36 (69) | 0.00 - | NS |
| History of TB contact |
4 (80) | 35 (67) | 1.85 (0.22 – 15.36) | NS |
| Dyspnea | 1 (20) | 28 (54) | 0.24 (0.03 – 2.03) | NS |
| Lymph nodes | 4 (80) | 28 (54) | 3.00 (0.36 – 25.16) | NS |
| Consolidation | 2 (40) | 20 (35) | 1.03 (0.19 – 5.68) | NS |
†
Out of 48 patients tested for HIV all 5 patients with a poor outcome were HIV positive, compared with 17 out of 43 patients with a good outcome, Fisher's-exact p< 0.05
NS: not significant