Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of hospitalized MDR-TB patients in Nigeria, July 2010-October 2012.
| Variable | HIV-positive N (%) | HIV-negative N (%) | P-value |
| Total | 28 | 134 | |
| Age(yr) | |||
| ≤ 24 | 2 (7) | 17 (13) | 0.3 |
| 25 – 44 | 23 (82) | 89 (66) | |
| ≥ 45 | 3 (11) | 28 (21) | |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 22 (79) | 83 (62) | 0.09 |
| Female | 6 (21) | 51 (38) | |
| Registration group | |||
| Failure of 1st Treatment | 5 (18) | 13 (10) | 0.2 |
| Failure of Re-treatment | 23 (82) | 121 (90) | |
| Pre-treatment BMI (kg/m2) | |||
| Underweight (< 18.5) | 13 (46) | 61 (46) | 0.7 |
| Normal/overweight (≥ 18.5) | 13 (46) | 70 (52) | |
| Unknown | 2 (7) | 3 (2) | |
| Pre-treatment CD4 count (cells/microL) * | |||
| < 350 | 8 (29) | NA | NA |
| 350 – 499 | 14 (50) | NA | |
| ≥ 500 | 6 (21) | NA |