Table 4. Comparison of outcomes of the incident cases of tuberculosis between directly and indirectly followed up patients. Juiz de Fora, MG, Southeastern Brazil, 2008-2009.

Closures			Follow-up				Relative Risk	95%CI	p

	SINAN^a		Indirect		Direct

	n	%	n	%	n	%
Cure	362	86.1	164	86.3	152	65.8^b	1.31	1.17;1.46	< 0.001
Treatment default	9	2.1	4	2.1^b	40	17.3	8.22	2.99;22.58	< 0.001
Deaths	31	7.3	14	7.4	17	7.3^b	1.00	0.50;1.97	0.85
Transfer	3	0.7	1	0.5^b	12	5.2	9.87	1.29;75.21	< 0.05
Failure	0	0.0	0	0.0^b	5	2.2	9.05	0.50;162.7^c	0.09
Incomplete data	16	3.8	7	3.7	5	2.2^b	1.70	0.54;5.27	0.52
Total	421	100	190	100	231	100

^a Notifications to the Sistema Nacional de Agravos de Notificação (SINAN – Information System for Reportable Diseases).

^b Denominator of relative risk (subgroup of reference).

^c Estimated value using Haldane’s correction.