Table 2.

Hematological parameters among TB and TB-HIV patients.

	HIV serostatus
	Negative% (n)	95% CI	Positive% (n)	95% CI	Total% (n)
Hb
Low	80.2% (200)	74.9–84.8	91.7% (33)	78.2–97.1	81.8% (233)
Normal	19.6% (49)	15.2–25.0	0.08% (3)	2.8–2.2	18.3% (52)
	p < 0.0001		p < 0.0001
WBC
High	17.0% (42)	12.8–22.2	2.8% (1)	0.5–14.2	15.2% (43)
Low	5.3% (13)	3.1–8.7	27.8% (10)	15.8–44.0	8.1% (23)
Normal	77.7% (192)	72.2–82.5	69.4% (25)	53.1–82.0	76.7% (217)
	p < 0.0001		p < 0.0001
PLT
High	27.3% (30)	19.8–36.2	12.5% (2)	3.5–36.0	25.6% (32)
Low	4.5% (5)	1.9–10.2	6.3% (1)	1.1–28.3	4.8% (6)
Normal	68.2% (75)	58.9–76.1	81.3% (13)	56.9–93.4	69.6% (87)
	p < 0.0001		p < 0.0001
Blood sugar
High	37.7% (91)	31.8–44.0	3.1% (12)	1.9–4.7	36.9% (103)
Low	4.5% (11)	2.5–7.9	0.3% (1)	0.04–13.4	4.3% (12)
Normal	57.7% (139)	51.4–63.7	65.7% (25)	49.8–78.7	58.8% (164)