Table 2. Age and gender stratified by regimen, either 2 months or 4(+) months of kanamycin in 790 RR-TB patients treated with a gatifloxacin-based shorter treatment regimen in Bangladesh.
Total | Kanamycin during the intensive phase | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4(+) months | 2 months | ||||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | p-value | |
Total | 790 | 738 | 52 | ||||
Sex | 0.1 | ||||||
Female | 243 | 30.8 | 222 | 30.1 | 21 | 40.4 | |
Male | 547 | 69.2 | 516 | 69.9 | 31 | 59.6 | |
Age group | 0.1 | ||||||
< = 18 years | 76 | 9.6 | 68 | 9.2 | 8 | 15.4 | |
>18–35 years | 409 | 51.8 | 378 | 51.2 | 31 | 59.6 | |
>35–50 years | 207 | 26.2 | 199 | 27 | 8 | 15.4 | |
>50 years | 98 | 12.4 | 93 | 12.6 | 5 | 9.6 |