Table 2. Comparison of baseline characteristics among children with newly diagnosed TB, by treatment strategy, registered in Gujarat State, India, June-September 2012.

Characteristics	Treatment Strategy				P-value
	Family DOT (Intervention district)		Non-Family DOT (Usual-practice districts)
	Number	%	Number	%
Total	359	100	265	100
Sex
Male	163	45.4	135	50.9	0.17
Female	196	54.6	130	49.1
Age in yearsa
0 to 1 year	20	5.6	10	3.8	0.57
2 to 5 years	90	25.3	70	26.4
6 to10 years	124	34.8	85	32.1
11 to 14 years	122	34.3	100	37.7
Disease Classification
New smear positive pulmonary TB	58	16.2	43	16.2	0.14
New smear negative pulmonary TB	28	7.8	34	12.8
New extrapulmonary TB	196	54.6	143	54.0
New Otherb	77	21.4	45	17.0
Initial Weight (in Kg)c
Median (IQR)	17	(11)	17	(13)	0.54

Kg = Kilogram, TB = Tuberculosis, DOT = Directly Observed Treatment, SD = Standard Deviation, Treatment success = Cured or treatment Completed.

Note: Chi-square test was used for assessing difference between the proportions.

^a Age was not recorded for 3 patients.

^b A patient who does not fit into the any of the types mentioned above (smear positive, smear negative, extra pulmonary), where bacteriological evidence could not be demonstrated but decision to treat was taken on clinical grounds would continue to be recorded and reported as “OTHERS”.

^c Initial weight was not recorded for 1 person; Wilcoxon Mann Whitney test (a non-parametric test) was used for assessing statistical significance since the variable was not normally distributed.