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. 2018 Oct 9;5(1):e000304. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2018-000304

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.