Table 3.
Incidence rate of tuberculosis of PLWH at Nekemte referral hospital and Nekemte Health center followed from September 2009-September 2012.
| Variables(n=600) | Category | Incident TB Cases | Person Year | Incidence Rate/100 PYO |
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| Age Group | <=30 | 31 | 747 | 4.15 |
| 31-40 | 10 | 522.08 | 1.9 | |
| 41-50 | 7 | 166.91 | 4.19 | |
| >50 | 5 | 46.56 | 10.7 | |
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| Sex | Female | 34 | 881.16 | 3.85 |
| Male | 19 | 601.39 | 3.15 | |
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| CD4 | <=200 | 29 | 235.06 | 12.3 |
| 201-350 | 16 | 394.28 | 4.05 | |
| 351-500 | 4 | 380.95 | 1.05 | |
| >500 | 4 | 472.26 | 0.85 | |
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| BMI | >=18.5 | 18 | 903.38 | 2.0 |
| <18.5 | 35 | 579.17 | 6.04 | |
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| Weight | <=50 | 36 | 603.07 | 5.96 |
| >50 | 17 | 852.48 | 2.0 | |
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| WHO Stage | I/II | 36 | 1236.66 | 2.9 |
| III/IV | 19 | 245.89 | 6.9 | |
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| Functional status | Working | 35 | 1271.03 | 2.75 |
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| Ambulatory/ Bedridden | 18 | 211.52 | 8.5 | |
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| Opportunistic Infection | Yes | 10 | 295.17 | 3.38 |
| No | 43 | 1187.38 | 3.6 | |
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| Cotrimoxazole Treatment | Yes | 20 | 1064.16 | 1.88 |
| No | 33 | 418.39 | 7.88 | |
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| Cohort group | IPT | 11 | 554.72 | 1.98 |
| Non-IPT | 42 | 927.83 | 4.52 | |