Skip to main content
. 2015 Dec 29;13(1):86. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13010086

Table 2.

The frequency and proportion of adverse events during anti-tuberculosis treatment.

AE Groups No. %
Liver injury * 205 36.94
Gastrointestinal reactions * 132 23.78
Renal impairment 28 5.05
Blood system damage 18 3.24
Auditory nerve damage 4 0.72
Optic nerve damage 15 2.70
Drug allergy 69 12.43
Neuropsychiatric symptoms 37 6.67
Joints/Muscle pain 35 6.31
Electrolyte abnormalities 1 0.18
Thyroid dysfunction 0 0
Other adverse events 11 1.98

Note: * There were 11 patients overlapping between these two groups, and the liver function test values of patients with liver injuries and patients with gastrointestinal reactions were described in Supplementary Material 4.