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. 2014 Jun 2;9(6):e98389. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098389

Table 3. Patient Characteristics n = 80 n = 69.

Nurse Doctor p-value
Age (median) 28 (IQR 24–35) 31 (IQR 24–39) 0.5654
Gender 0.352
Male 20 (25%) 22 (28%)
Female 60 (75%) 47 (62%)
Weight (median) 66 (IQR 61–78) 59 (IQR 52–70) <0.001
Weight not recorded 3 0
Infants 0 2
BMI (median) 26 (IQR 23–31) 22 (IQR 19–26) 0.0014
Weight not recorded 3 0
BMI not recorded 19 25
Infants 0 2
Creatinine (median) 62 (IQR 50–73) 66 (IQR 51–81) 0.2161
missing 1 2
Creatinine clearance (median) 103 (IQR 80.5–125.5) 120 (IQR 71.5–154) 0.5926
missing 38 41
Haemoglobin (median) 12 (IQR 11–13) 11 (IQR 9–13) 0.0463
missing 2 8
Alanine aminotransferase (median) 18 (IQR 14–24) 26 (IQR 19–38) <0.001
missing 11 6
TB status <0.001
On TB treatment 17 27
Screen positive 0 0
Screened negative 61 30
Investigation Pending 1 1
Not Screened 1 11
Pregnant 3 1 0.453
WHO stage <0.001
Stage 1 42 11
Stage 2 11 13
Stage 3 22 28
Stage 4 5 12
Missing Stage 0 5