Table 1. Characteristics of AIDS cases with or without TB diagnosis in the period between 2011 and 2014, Brazil.
| Characteristics | AIDS (n = 230370) |
AIDS with TB (n = 15543) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender (n,%) | |||
| Female | 80573 (35.0) | 3997 (25.7) | |
| Male | 149617 (65.0) | 11542 (74.3) | <0.001 |
| Age (median, IQR) | 34 (27–44) | 37 (30–45) | <0.001 |
| Race/color | |||
| White | 56842 (24.7) | 3871 (24.9) | |
| Black | 12045 (5.2) | 1438 (9.3) | |
| Asian | 603 (0.3) | 39 (0.2) | |
| Brown | 47047 (20.4) | 4973 (32.0) | |
| Indigenous | 337 (0.1) | 43 (0.3) | |
| Ignored | 113496 (49.3) | 5179 (33.3) | <0.001 |
| Schooling | |||
| Up to 4 years | 10577 (4.6) | 1397 (9.0) | |
| 4-plus years | 85730 (37.2) | 6741 (43.4) | |
| Ignored | 134063 (58.2) | 7405 (47.6) | < 0.001 |
| Macro-region | |||
| North | 18544 (8.1) | 1672 (10.8) | |
| Northeast | 40161 (17.4) | 3466 (22.3) | |
| Southeast | 89464 (38.8) | 6063 (39.0) | |
| South | 45155 (19.6) | 3271 (21.0) | |
| Center West | 14957 (6.5) | 699 (4.5) | |
| Ignored | 22089 (9.6) | 372 (2.4) | < 0.001 |
| Death notified to SIM | |||
| No | 206635 (89.7) | 11541 (74.2) | |
| Yes | 23735 (10.3) | 4002 (25.8) | <0.001 |
| HIV-exposure category | |||
| Homo/bisexual | 37341 (16.4) | 1962 (12.6) | |
| Heterosexual | 69309 (30.1) | 6237 (40.2) | |
| Drugs | 612 (0.2) | 203 (1.3) | |
| Hemophilia/transfusion | 31 (0.0) | 3 (0.0) | |
| Occupational exposure to blood | 11 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Perinatal | 1007 (0.4) | 52 (0.3) | |
| Ignored | 121659 (52.8) | 7086 (45.6) | < 0.001 |
| CD4 count (median, IQR) | 207 (89–295) | 118 (47–223) | <0.001 |
| Viral load (copies, median, IQR) | 18549 (3499–79404) |
50563 (7851–179273) |
<0.001 |
| ART dispensing | |||
| No | 62976 (27.3) | 4356 (28.0) | |
| Yes | 167394 (72.7) | 11187 (72.0) | 0.062 |
| Time, in days, between ART and TB (median, IQR) |
- | -28 (-90, 22) | - |
Source: AIDS and TB linked database.