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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS. 2020 Jan 1;34(1):139–147. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002398

Table 3.

Impact of a) IPT and b) ART on TB incidence

CD4≤350 N=2,138 CD4>350 N=1,976
TB cases Person-years IR per 100 pys (95% CI) IRR (95% CI) TB cases Person-years IR per 100 pys (95% CI) IRR (95% CI)
a) IPT
TST-negative / no IPT 61 5,410 1.13 (0.88–1.45) REF 28 4,894 0.57 (0.39–0.83) REF
TST-negative / IPT 2 137 1.46 (0.36–5.83) 1.49 (0.37–6.06) 0 127 0
TST-positive / no IPT 26 183 14.25 (9.70–20.92) REF 21 268 7.83 (5.10–12.00) REF
TST-positive / IPT 8 923 0.87 (0.43–1.73) 0.07 (0.03–0.16) 11 1,385 0.79 (0.44–1.43) 0.11 (0.06–0.21)
TST-unknown / no IPT 73 3,361 2.17 (1.72–2.73) REF 32 3,054 1.05 (0.74–1.48) REF
TST-unknown / IPT 0 34 0 0 37 0
b) ART
TST-negative / no ART 5 264 1.89 (0.79–4.54) REF 21 2,758 0.76 (0.50–1.17) REF
TST-negative / ART 58 4,890 1.19 (0.92–1.53) 0.70 (0.28–1.77) 7 1,892 0.37 (0.18–0.78) 0.49 (0.21–1.13)
TST-positive / no ART 10 53 18.95 (10.19–35.21) REF 24 1,053 2.28 (1.52–3.40) REF
TST-positive / ART 24 1,005 2.39 (1.60–3.56) 0.18 (0.08–0.37) 8 510 1.57 (0.79–3.14) 0.69 (0.30–1.62)
TST-unknown / no ART 17 1,445 1.18 (0.73–1.89) REF 19 2,619 0.73 (0.46–1.14) REF
TST-unknown / ART 56 2,391 2.34 (1.80–3.04) 1.98 (1.16–3.39) 13 934 1.39 (0.81–2.40) 1.76 (0.88–3.52)

Abbreviations: IPT, isoniazid preventive therapy; ART, antiretroviral therapy; TB, tuberculosis; IR, incidence rate; CI, confidence interval; IRR, incidence rate ratio; TST, tuberculin skin test

TST, IPT, and ART time-dependent; IRRs adjusted for sex and age at enrollment