Table 1. Characteristics of tuberculosis patients starting tuberculosis treatment and attending support group meetings, southern India, 2019.
| Characteristic | No. (%) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Patients starting treatment (n = 30 706) | Patients attending meetings (n = 3651) | |
| District tuberculosis office | ||
| Bellary | 3 610 (11.8) | 754 (20.9) |
| Bengaluru Urban | 6 603 (21.5) | 929 (14.1) |
| Hyderabad | 15 177 (49.4) | 1564 (10.3) |
| Koppal | 2 174 (7.1) | 199 (9.2) |
| Warangal Urban | 3 142 (10.2) | 205 (6.5) |
| Age, yearsa | ||
| 0–14 | 1 758 (5.7) | 216 (12.3) |
| 15–59 | 24 587 (80.1) | 2985 (12.1) |
| ≥ 60 | 4 346 (14.2) | 449 (10.3) |
| Sex | ||
| Female | 12 920 (42.1) | 1512 (11.7) |
| Male | 17 786 (57.9) | 2139 (12.0) |
| Type of case | ||
| New patient | 26 733 (87.1) | 3033 (11.3) |
| Retreatment | 2 976 (9.7) | 486 (16.3) |
| Drug-resistant tuberculosis | 997 (3.3) | 132 (13.2) |
| Site of disease | ||
| Extra-pulmonary | 9 719 (31.7) | 1005 (10.3) |
| Pulmonary | 20 987 (68.4) | 2646 (12.6) |
| Diabetes | ||
| No | 28 905 (94.1) | 3279 (11.3) |
| Yes | 1 801 (5.9) | 372 (20.7) |
| HIV infection | ||
| No | 29 560 (96.3) | 3557 (12.0) |
| Yes | 1 146 (3.7) | 94 (8.2) |
| Consumes alcohol regularly | ||
| No | 28 927 (94.2) | 3290 (11.4) |
| Yes | 1 779 (5.8) | 361 (20.3) |
| Participated in peer support group | ||
| No | 27 055 (88.1) | NA |
| Yes | 3 651 (11.9) | NA |
HIV: human immunodeficiency virus; NA: not applicable.
a For 15 patients, age was reported as older than 105 years. These data were not considered and age was treated as missing.