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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2013 Mar 22;93(4):461–466. doi: 10.1016/j.tube.2013.01.001

Table 1.

Distribution characteristics of patients

TB group (N=77) Non-TB group (N=308) P value for the absolute difference in IP

Variable Total No. Deaths (IP in %)1 Total No. Deaths (IP in %)
Overall 77 11 (14.3) 308 21 (6.95) 0.071
Age
 18–<30 27 5 (18.52) 113 4 (3.54) 0.026
 30–<40 34 3 (8.82) 116 9 (7.76) 0.826
 40–<50 13 3 (23.08) 63 7 (11.11) 0.359
 50–70 3 0 (0.00) 10 1 (10.00) 0.786
Gender
 Females 59 8 (13.56) 228 12 (5.26) 0.060
 Males 18 3 (16.67) 74 9 (12.16) 0.652
Marital status
 Married or cohabiting 28 4 (14.29) 110 9 (8.18) 0.396
 Single 49 7 (14.29) 192 12 (6.25) 0.116
Source of referral
 Any Muhimbili clinic 7 0 (0.00) 26 2 (7.69) 0.635
 Infectious Diseases Centre 5 1 (20.00) 18 0 (0.00) 0.250
 NGO VCT 39 7 (17.95) 157 10 (6.37) 0.061
 Self referred 12 1 (8.33) 38 4 (10.53) 0.907
 Other 14 2 (16.67) 63 5 (7.94) 0.523
CD4 count at or around the matching time
 <200 49 7 (14.29) 191 11 (5.76) 0.090
 200–<250 6 2 (33.33) 23 4 (17.39) 0.537
 250–<300 7 0 (0.00) 28 4 (14.29) 0.437
 300–<350 6 0 (0.00) 24 1 (4.17) 0.806
 ≥350–2000 9 2 (22.22) 36 1 (2.78) 0.137
On ART at matching
 On medication 4 0 (0.00) 20 2 (10.00) 0.711
 Not on medication 73 11 (15.07) 282 19 (6.74) 0.054
On ART at some point during follow-up
 On medication 6 0 (0.00) 20 2 (10.00) 0.611
 Not on medication 71 11 (15.49) 282 19 (6.74) 0.047
Vaccine arm
 M. vaccae 28 7 (25.00) 146 9 (6.16) 0.016
 Placebo 49 4 (8.16) 156 12 (7.69) 0.893
Isoniazid preventive therapy (at DarDar baseline)
 Not eligible for therapy 50 6 (12.00) 214 15 (7.01) 0.303
 Eligible, not adhered 7 4 (57.14) 10 2 (20.00) 0.335
 Eligible, adhered 20 1 (5.00) 78 4 (5.13) 0.957
On co-trimoxazole at matching
 On medication 38 6 (15.79) 78 5 (6.41) 0.173
 Not on medication 39 5 (12.82) 224 16 (7.14) 0.296
On co-trimoxazole at some point during follow-up
 On medication 68 10 (14.71) 135 8 (5.93) 0.073
 Not on medication 9 1 (11.11) 167 13 (7.78) 0.705
1

IP stands for incidence proportion