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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 4.

Impact of a) IPT and b) ART on TB or death

CD4≤350 N=2,138 CD4>350 N=1,976
TB or death Person-years IR per 100 pys (95% CI) IRR (95% CI) TB or death Person-years IR per 100 pys (95% CI) IRR (95% CI)
a) IPT
TST-negative / no IPT 163 5,410 3.01 (2.58–3.51) REF 73 4,894 1.49 (1.19–1.88) REF
TST-negative / IPT 3 137 2.19 (0.71–6.78) 0.76 (0.24–2.39) 2 127 1.57 (0.39–6.29) 1.22 (0.30–4.98)
TST-positive / no IPT 29 183 15.89 (11.04–22.87) REF 23 268 8.57 (5.70–12.90) REF
TST-positive / IPT 20 923 2.17 (1.40–3.36) 0.15 (0.08–0.26) 24 1,385 1.73 (1.16–2.59) 0.21 (0.13–0.37)
TST-unknown / no IPT 156 3,361 4.64 (3.97–5.43) REF 64 3,054 2.10 (1.64–2.68) REF
TST-unknown / IPT 0 34 0 1 37 2.71 (0.38–19.27) 1.46 (0.21–10.10)
b) ART
TST-negative / no ART 11 264 4.16 (2.30–7.51) REF 47 2,758 1.70 (1.28–2.27) REF
TST-negative / ART 146 4,890 2.99 (2.54–3.51) 0.70 (0.38–1.30) 28 1,892 1.48 (1.02–2.14) 0.77 (0.49–1.22)
TST-positive / no ART 10 53 18.95 (10.19–35.21) REF 33 1,053 3.13 (2.23–4.41) REF
TST-positive / ART 39 1,005 3.88 (2.83–5.31) 0.22 (0.11–0.46) 14 510 2.75 (1.63–4.64) 0.80 (0.41–1.57)
TST-unknown / no ART 34 1,445 2.35 (1.68–3.29) REF 38 2,619 1.45 (1.06–1.99) REF
TST-unknown / ART 131 2,391 5.48 (4.62–6.50) 2.31 (1.59–3.36) 27 934 2.89 (1.98–4.22) 1.84 (1.14–2.97)

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