Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics in Patients Starting TreatmentforExtensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in the Country of Georgia
| Characteristic | Patients, No. (%)a |
|---|---|
| Age, median (IQR), y | 34.0 (26.5–49.4) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 77 (69.4) |
| Female | 34 (30.6) |
| BMI, median (IQR), kg/m2 | 20.4 (18.5–22.6) |
| Family status | |
| Single | 42 (38.5) |
| Married | 54 (49.5) |
| Divorced/separated | 8 (7.3) |
| Widowed | 5 (4.6) |
| Employment status | |
| Employed | 16 (14.5) |
| Unemployed | 81 (73.6) |
| Pensioner | 9 (8.2) |
| Student | 4 (3.6) |
| History of incarceration | 34 (30.6) |
| Tobacco use | 48 (43.6) |
| Alcohol use | |
| Never | 63 (59.4) |
| Moderate | 34 (32.1) |
| Excessive (>5 drinks/d) | 9 (8.5) |
| History of intravenous drug use | 3 (3.2) |
| HCV antibody positive | 23 (20.7) |
| HIV disease | 3 (2.9) |
| Other comorbid conditions | |
| Cardiovascular disease | 3 (2.7) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 9 (8.1) |
| Renal disease | 1 (0.9) |
| Thyroid disease | 8 (7.2) |
| HBV core antibody positive | 4 (3.6) |
| History of malignancy | 2 (1.8) |
| Psychiatric disease | 9 (8.1) |
| Known MDR tuberculosis contact | 26 (23.6) |
| Tuberculosis location | |
| Pulmonary | 98 (88.3) |
| Pulmonary and extrapulmonary | 8 (7.2) |
| Extrapulmonaryb | 5 (4.5) |
| XDR tuberculosis case type | |
| Newly diagnosed | 59 (53.2) |
| Retreatment | 52 (46.8) |
| Previous treatment | |
| First-line drugs only | 29 (55.8) |
| First- and second-line drugs | 23 (44.2) |
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; HBV, hepatitis B virus; HCV, hepatitis C virus; HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; IQR, interquartile range; MDR, multidrug-resistant; XDR, extensively drug-resistant.
aData represent no. (%) of patients unless otherwise specified.
bExtrapulmonary locations were pleural in 4 patients and urogenital in 1.