| Available | All | HIV + TB | TB only | p-valuea | |||
Characteristic | n | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
History of TB | 95 | 27 | 28.4 | 15 | 27.8 | 12 | 29.3 | 0.873 |
TB symptoms: | 93 |
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Cough |
| 90 | 96.8 | 51 | 92.2 | 39 | 97.5 | 0.731 |
Fever |
| 81 | 87.1 | 51 | 96.2 | 30 | 75.0 | 0.003 |
Night sweats |
| 72 | 77.4 | 45 | 84.9 | 27 | 67.5 | 0.047 |
Shortness of breath |
| 69 | 74.2 | 46 | 86.8 | 23 | 57.5 | 0.001 |
Chest pain |
| 59 | 63.4 | 43 | 81.1 | 16 | 40.0 | 0.000 |
Blood in sputum |
| 34 | 36.6 | 24 | 45.3 | 10 | 25.0 | 0.044 |
Weight loss |
| 77 | 82.8 | 47 | 88.7 | 30 | 75.0 | 0.084 |
Symptoms, mean (SD) |
| 5.2 | (1.4) | 5.8 | (1.3) | 4.4 | (1.2) | 0.000 |
TB regimen | 95 |
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| 0.074 |
DOTS cat 1 |
| 57 | 60.0 | 27 | 50.0 | 30 | 73.2 |
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DOTS cat 2 |
| 14 | 14.7 | 10 | 18.5 | 4 | 9.8 |
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Other |
| 24 | 25.3 | 17 | 31.5 | 7 | 17.1 |
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Sputum AFB at baseline | 95 |
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| 0.638 |
Negativeb |
| 2 | 2.1 | 1 | 1.9 | 1 | 2.4 |
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Scanty |
| 13 | 13.7 | 5 | 9.3 | 8 | 19.5 |
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1+ |
| 39 | 41.1 | 24 | 44.4 | 15 | 36.6 |
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2+ |
| 22 | 23.2 | 12 | 22.2 | 10 | 24.4 |
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3+ |
| 19 | 20.0 | 12 | 22.2 | 7 | 17.1 |
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2 mo. FU sputum smear positive | 32 | 11 | 34.4 | 9 | 47.7 | 2 | 15.4 | 0.128 |