Table 2.

Sensitivity and subgroup analysis.

Characteristics	Relapse			Death
	OR (95% CI)	Heterogeneity		OR (95% CI)	Heterogeneity
		I2 (%)	P		I2 (%)	P
Age
≥60 years	3.57 (1.29–10.46)	0	<0.001	N/A	N/A	N/A
<60 years	3.66 (2.14–6.27)	0	<0.001	1.72 (1.40–2.12)	0	<0.001
TB type
MDR-TB	N/A	N/A	N/A	1.53 (1.12–2.09)	0	<0.001
TB patient (men)	N/A	N/A	N/A	1.90 (1.08–3.34)	0	<0.001
Newly TB patient	N/A	N/A	N/A	1.90 (1.37–2.64)	0	<0.001
Quality of the study (NOS) stars
≥5	3.64 (2.26–5.88)	0	<0.001	1.90 (1.08–3.37)	0	<0.001
<5	N/A	N/A	N/A	1.70 (1.35–2.12)	0	<0.001

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; N/A, not available; NOS, Newcastle-Ottawa Scale.