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. 2020 Aug 31;15(8):e0238016. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238016

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