Table 3.
Rates of TB case-finding and all-cause deaths by randomisation group*
| Active surveillance (N=2215) | Passive surveillance (N=2167) | P values (active vs passive) | Overall (N=4382) | |||||
| No. of TB Cases | Person-years (py) | Case-finding rate/100 py (95% CI) | No. of TB cases | Person-years (py) | Case-finding rate/100 py (95% CI) | Case-finding rate ratio (95% CI) | ||
| All TB cases | 10 | 4166 | 2.4 (1.2 to 4.3) | 3 | 3998 | 0.8 (0.15 to 2. 19) | 0.06 | 3.19 (0.82 to 18.09) |
| Definite TB | 2 | 4166 | 0.5 (0.06 to 1.73) | 2 | 3998 | 0.5 (0.06 to 1.81) | 0.96 | 0.95 (0.07 to 12.23) |
| Probable TB | 8 | 4166 | 1.92 (0.83 to 3.78) | 1 | 3998 | 0.3 (0.01 to 1.39) | 0.02 | 7.67 (0.96 to 61.38) |
| All-cause mortality | 49 | 4166 | 11.76 (8.7 to 15.6) | 71 | 3998 | 17.7 (13.8 to 22.4) | 0.02 | 0.66 (0.45 to 0.96) |
No adjustments were made.
*Poisson regression.
TB, tuberculosis.