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 |