Table 1. Characteristics of included and excluded patients.
| Characteristic | Included patients (n = 473) | Excluded patients (n = 172) | p-value | |
| Age, mean (SD) | 39.3(12.1) | 39.6(13) | 0.79 | |
| No. of males,% | 329 (69.6) | 110 (64) | 0.18 | |
| Race | black African,% | 342 (72.3) | 118 (68.6) | 0.36 |
| white/mixed,% | 131 (27.7) | 54 (31.4) | ||
| HIV status | positive,% | 121 (25.6) | 52 (30.2) | 0.24 |
| negative,% | 285 (60.3) | 94 (54.7) | 0.2 | |
| unknown/refused,% | 67 (14.2) | 26 (15.1) | 0.77 | |
| median CD4+,IQR | 185 (105,349) | |||
| Culture result | positive,% | 138 (29.2) | 43 (25) | 0.29 |
| negative,% | 335 (70.8) | 99 (57.6) | ||
| no results | – | 30 (17.4) | ||
| Smear result | at least 1 positive,% | 91 (19.2) | 35 (20.4) | 0.73 |
| negative,% | 382 (80.8) | 115 (66.9) |