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. 2018 Jan 31;67(2):202–210. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy066

Table 4.

Patient Characteristics by Treatment Outcome

Characteristic Total
No. (Column %)
Success Died Treatment
Failed
Lost to Follow-up P Value
No. (Row %)
Total 568 (82.8) 84 (12.2) 18 (2.6) 16 (2.3)
Age, y (n = 686) <.01
 <45 224 (32.7) 206 (92.0) 9 (4.0) 6 (2.7) 3 (1.3)
 45–64 294 (42.9) 254 (86.4) 26 (8.8) 7 (2.4) 7 (2.4)
 ≥65 168 (24.5) 108 (64.3) 49 (29.2) 5 (3.0) 6 (3.6)
Sex (n = 686) .65
 Female 186 (27.1) 153 (82.3) 26 (14.0) 3 (1.6) 4 (2.2)
 Male 500 (72.9) 415 (83.0) 58 (11.6) 15 (3.0) 12 (2.4)
BMI, kg/m2 (n = 685) .09
 <18.5 143 (20.9) 108 (75.5) 28 (20.0) 4 (2.8) 3 (2.1)
 18.5–23.9 394 (57.5) 335 (85.0) 38 (9.6) 12 (3.1) 9 (2.3)
 ≥24 148 (21.6) 125 (84.5) 17 (11.5) 2 (1.4) 4 (2.7)
Smear (n = 686) .04
 Negative 354 (51.6) 287 (81.1) 54 (15.3) 7 (2.0) 6 (1.7)
 Positive 332 (48.4) 281 (84.6) 30 (9.0) 11 (3.3) 10 (3.0)
Cavitary lesions (n = 686) .29
 No 441 (64.3) 361 (81.9) 61 (13.8) 10 (2.3) 9 (2.0)
 Yes 245 (35.7) 207 (84.5) 23 (9.4) 8 (3.3) 7 (2.9)
Alcohol use (n = 686) .14
 No 587 (85.6) 479 (81.6) 75 (12.8) 18 (3.1) 15 (2.6)
 Yes 99 (14.4) 89 (89.9) 9 (9.1) 0 (0) 1 (1.0)
Diabetes (n = 686) .51
 No 450 (65.6) 379 (84.2) 50 (11.1) 12 (2.7) 9 (2.0)
 Yes 236 (34.4) 189 (80.1) 34 (14.4) 6 (2.5) 7 (3.0)
Cancer (n = 684) <.01
 No 643 (94.0) 550 (85.5) 61 (9.5) 17 (2.6) 15 (2.3)
 Yes 41 (6.0) 17 (41.5) 22 (53.7) 1 (2.4) 1 (2.4)
Chronic kidney disease (n = 680) <.01
 No 634 (93.2) 538 (84.9) 67 (10.6) 15 (2.4) 14 (2.2)
 Yes 46 (6.7) 27 (58.7) 14 (30.4) 3 (6.5) 2 (4.4)
Liver disease (n = 679) .68
 No 582 (85.7) 487 (83.7) 69 (11.3) 16 (2.8) 13 (2.2)
 Yes 97 (14.3) 77 (79.4) 15 (15.5) 2 (2.1) 3 (3.1)
Hypertension (n = 686) <.01
 No 524 (76.4) 446 (85.1) 50 (9.5) 15 (2.9) 13 (2.5)
 Yes 162 (23.6) 122 (75.3) 34 (21.0) 3 (1.9) 3 (1.9)
Cardiovascular disease (n = 680) <.01
 No 622 (91.5) 525 (84.4) 66 (10.6) 17 (2.7) 14 (2.3)
 Yes 58 (8.5) 40 (69.0) 15 (25.9) 1 (1.7) 2 (3.5)
History of anti-TB treatment .05
 No 309 (45.1) 258 (83.5) 44 (14.2) 4 (1.3) 3 (1.0)
 First-line drugs 324 (47.2) 269 (83.0) 34 (10.5) 11 (3.4) 10 (3.1)
 Second-line drugs 53 (7.7) 41 (77.4) 6 (11.3) 3 (5.7) 3 (5.7)
Type of case registration .03
 New 351 (51.2) 293 (83.5) 48 (13.7) 7 (2.0) 3 (0.9)
 Retreatment 335 (48.8) 275 (82.1) 36 (10.8) 11 (3.3) 13 (3.9)
 Relapse 189 (27.6) 157 (83.1) 21 (11.1) 5 (2.7) 6 (3.2)
 Treatment after loss to follow-up 17 (2.5) 14 (82.4) 1 (5.9) 0 (0) 2 (11.8)
 Treatment after treatment failure 129 (18.8) 104 (80.6) 14 (10.9) 6 (4.7) 5 (3.9)

Data are presented as No. (%) unless otherwise indicated.

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; TB, tuberculosis.