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. 2015 Jan 26;10(1):e0117036. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117036

Table 4. Secondary cases resulting from pulmonary TB patients who died before or within the first 60 days of treatment (“cases”) and those who survived beyond 60 days of treatment (“controls”).

Secondary Cases* “Cases”
“Controls”
Unmatched for Smear
Matched for Smear
Without secondary Cases With Secondary Cases Without Secondary Cases With Secondary Cases OR (95%CI) Without Secondary Cases With Secondary Cases OR (95%CI)
n = 60 n = 5 n = 122 n = 8 n = 124 n = 6
Type I 4 3 1.8 (0.8,4.3) 2 2.0 (0.9,4.7)
Type II 2 3 1.4 (0.5,3.8) 2 1.4 (0.5,3.8)
Type III

2

3
0.8 (0.2, 2.7)

2
1.0 (0.3,3.3)
Total 8 9 1.1 (0.6,2.1) 6 1.3 (0.7,2.5)

* See text for definition of type 1, 2 and 3 secondary cases