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Table 1 Demographic and tuberculosis profile of TB patients, Northeastern Amhara, Ethiopia, 2015

From: TB/HIV co-infections and associated factors among patients on directly observed treatment short course in Northeastern Ethiopia: a 4 years retrospective study

Variables

Frequency (N)

Percentage (%)

Sex

 Male

551

55.7

 Female

439

44.3

Age (years)

 ≤24

326

32.9

 25–45

458

46.3

 ≥46

206

20.8

Types of TB

 PTB+

196

19.8

 PTB−

332

33.5

 EPTB

462

46.7

Treatment outcome

 Poor

96

9.7

 Success

853

86.2

 Transfer out

30

3

 Unknown

11

1.1

HIV status

 HIV positive

236

24.3

 HIV negative

736

74.3

 Unknown

18

1.8

 Total

990

100

Variables

Frequency (N = 236)

Percentage (%)

CPT prophylaxis

 Yes

168

71.2

 No

68

28.8

ART status

 On ART

180

76.3

 Pre-ART

56

23.6

  1. ART antiretroviral therapy, CPT co-trimoxazole preventive therapy, EPTB extra pulmonary TB, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, PTB− smears negative pulmonary TB, PTB+ smear-positive pulmonary TB, TB tuberculosis