Table 3.
Associations with mortality*
| Alive at Discharge (N=83) |
Died before completing follow-up (N=5) |
|
| Female (%) | 35 (42) | 3 (60) |
| Mean Age, years | 38.2 | 48.3 |
| Mean BMI at admission | 18.5 | 21.1 |
| First treatment (%) | 9 (11) | 2 (40) |
| Retreatment (%) | 74 (89) | 3 (60) |
| Abnormal X-ray (%) | 67 (81) | 4 (80) |
| Pulmonary TB (%) | 78 (94) | 4 (80) |
| Extrapulmonary TB (%) | 5 (6) | 1 (20) |
| Smear positive at admission (%) | 33 (40) | 4 (80) |
| HIV positive (%) | 62 (75) | 3 (60) |
| Not on ART at admission (% HIV+) | 7 (11) | 1 (33) |
| Mean hemoglobin at admission (g/dl) | 10.6 | 7.5 |
| Median CD4 count at admission | 194.7 | 84 |
*
Only the association with mean hemoglobin at admission was statistically significant, p<0.0: