Table 4.
Baseline demographic characteristics of participants with TB/HIV co-infection
Characteristics | Overall | Censored | Died | |||
Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
Age at ART Start | ||||||
<15 | 17 | 4.8 | 15 | 4.7 | 2 | 5.4 |
≥15 | 338 | 95.1 | 303 | 95.3 | 35 | 94.5 |
Gender | ||||||
Female | 193 | 54.4 | 181 | 56.9 | 12 | 32.4 |
Male | 162 | 45.6 | 137 | 43.1 | 25 | 67.6 |
Base CD4 Count | ||||||
<50 | 54 | 16.2% | 47 | 15.8% | 7 | 18.9% |
50 – 199 | 196 | 58.7% | 174 | 58.6% | 22 | 59.5% |
200 – 349 | 72 | 21.6% | 65 | 21.9% | 7 | 18.9% |
>=350 | 12 | 3.6% | 11 | 3.7% | 1 | 2.7% |
Base WHO Stage | ||||||
I or II | 73 | 21% | 69 | 22% | 4 | 11% |
III or IV | 279 | 79% | 247 | 78% | 32 | 89% |
CTX | ||||||
Yes | 320 | 90.1% | 289 | 90.9% | 31 | 83.8% |
No | 35 | 9.9% | 29 | 9.1% | 6 | 16.2% |
ART Start Year | ||||||
2005 – 2008 | 238 | 67.0 | 214 | 67.3 | 24 | 64.9 |
2009 – 2010 | 96 | 27.0 | 85 | 26.7 | 11 | 29.7 |
2011 – 2013 | 21 | 5.9 | 19 | 6.0 | 2 | 5.4 |
Base Functional Status | ||||||
Working | 204 | 59.6% | 189 | 61.6% | 15 | 42.9% |
Ambulatory | 113 | 33.0% | 99 | 32.2% | 14 | 40.0% |
Bedridden | 25 | 7.3% | 19 | 6.2% | 6 | 17.1% |
Facility | ||||||
Tikur Anbessa | 44 | 12.4 | 39 | 12.3 | 5 | 13.5 |
ARMY | 52 | 14.6 | 42 | 13.2 | 10 | 27.0 |
Gondar | 55 | 15.5 | 51 | 16.0 | 4 | 10.8 |
Jimma | 57 | 16.1 | 52 | 16.4 | 5 | 13.5 |
Mekelle | 42 | 11.8 | 37 | 11.6 | 5 | 13.5 |
Haramaya | 54 | 15.2 | 50 | 15.7 | 4 | 10.8 |
Hawassa | 51 | 14.4 | 47 | 14.8 | 4 | 10.8 |
Total | 355 | 318 | 100.0 | 37 | 100.0 |