Table 1. Baseline Characteristics of Tuberculosis patients, by treatment outcome.

Characteristics		Treatment outcome			P value
		Treatment success (n = 1310) %	Early death in TB treatment (n = 128) %	Late death in TB treatment (n = 119) %
Body mass index (kg/m2)
	Normal (18.5–24.9)	65.1	47.7	63.9	<.001
	Underweight (<18.5)	22.8	44.5	28.6
	Overweight (≥25)	12.1	7.8	7.5
Age (years)
	Mean ± SD	60.9 ± 20.0	82.9 ± 10.5	79.9 ± 12.0	<.001
	18–64	52.7	7.8	10.9	<.001
	≥65	47.3	92.2	89.1
Gender
	Female	34.2	21.9	22.7	0.001
	Male	65.8	78.1	77.3
Marital status
	Unmarried	22	5.5	7.6	<.001
	Married	78	94.5	92.4
Education level
	No education	7.9	15.6	11.8	<.001
	Elementary school	20	33.6	39.5
	High school	37.6	34.4	31.1
	University or higher	34.5	16.4	17.6
Unemployment
	No	28.8	3.9	5.9	<.001
	Yes	71.2	96.1	94.1
Smoking status
	Never smoking	78.4	79.6	83.2	0.026
	Quit smoking	5.7	10.2	8.4
	Current smoking	15.9	10.2	8.4
DM
	No	83.2	83.6	83.2	0.994
	Yes	16.8	16.4	16.8
ESRD
	No	97.3	94.5	87.4	<.001
	Yes	2.7	5.5	12.6
Malignancy
	No	93.7	78.9	75.6	<.001
	Yes	6.3	21.1	24.4
History of TB disease
	No	95.4	94.5	95	0.886
	Yes	4.6	5.5	5
AFB-smear positivity
	No	62.8	36.7	60.5	<.001
	Yes	37.2	63.3	39.5
TB-culture positivity
	No	28.7	13.3	22.7	<.001
	Yes	71.3	86.7	77.3
Cavity on CXR
	No	85.4	86.7	92.4	0.104
	Yes	14.6	13.3	7.6
Pleural effusion
	No	89.5	78.9	84	<.001
	Yes	10.5	21.1	16
Extrapulmonary TB
	No	91.5	98.4	94.1	0.015
	Yes	8.5	1.7	5.9

DM, diabetes mellitus; ESRD, end-stage renal disease; TB, tuberculosis; AFB, acid-fast bacilli; CXR, chest radiograph.