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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 20.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2013 Oct;17(10):1298–1303. doi: 10.5588/ijtld.12.0861

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics and outcomes of patients in attending clinics with and without on-site HIV clinics

With on-site
HIV clinics
(n = 80)
n (%)
Without
on-site
HIV clinics
(n = 259)
n (%)
P value
Total (n = 339) 80 (24) 259 (76)
Female 35 (44) 117 (45) 0.82*
Age, years, median [range] 35.5 [24–56] 35 [21–60] 0.88
 <35 years 37 (46) 113 (44) 0.68*
CD4, median [IQR] 100 [45–154] 91 [43–165] 0.95
Baseline CD4 categories,
  cells/mm3
 <50 22 (28) 76 (29)
 50–100 18 (23) 62 (24)
 100–250 40 (50) 121 (47) 0.88*
Sputum results
 Sputum-positive 32 (40) 121 (47)
 Sputum-negative 21 (26) 53 (21)
 No sputum 27 (34) 85 (33) 0.46*
TB treatment initiation as
  in-patient
10 (13) 49 (19) 0.19*
*

χ2 test.

Wilcoxon rank-sum.

HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; IQR = interquartile range; TB = tuberculosis.