Fig 1. Forest plots demonstrating the difference in mortality rate (per 100 PYs) between men and women by characteristics at the time of ART initiation.

Squares represent the difference in mortality rates while bars correspond to the 95% confidence intervals. A confidence interval crossing 0 (dotted vertical line) suggests that there is no evidence of a difference in sex-specific mortality rates, while a value greater than 0 suggests an excess of mortality among men and a value less than 0 suggests an excess of mortality among women. PYs, person-years; TB, tuberculosis.