Table 7. Treatment completion and change in weight in HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis treated in the Centre National Hospitalier de Pneumo-Phtisiologie, Bénin.
Characteristics | All patients | HIV-negative | HIV-positive | p (value) |
Extrapulmonary tuberculosis | 129 | 95 | 34 | |
Treatment Completion n (%*) | 101 (78.3) | 74 (77.9) | 26 (76.5) | 0.86 |
Increase in Weight n (%**) | 82 (81.2) | 60 (81.1) | 21 (80.8) | 0.83 |
Mean increase in weight (Kg) [95%CI] | 5.8 [4.9–6.6] | 5.21 [4.2–6.2] | 7.3 [5.7–8.9] | 0.03 |
Note:
* The percentage was calculated from the EPTB cases diagnosed.
** The percentage is calculated from the total number of patients who completed their treatment.
95CI = 95 Confidence Interval.