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Table 3 Weight evolution of 72 patients under treatment with an 8 months follow-up

From: Survival and health status of DOTS tuberculosis patients in rural Lao PDR

 

Weight (kg)

95% CI

p

Before treatment

40.0

38.1- 41.8

 

After two months of treatment

43.7

41.7- 45.7

<0.001

After 8 months of treatment

44.6a

42.7 - 46.5

<0.001

  1. Mean and 95% confidence interval
  2. a Patients were selected on the basis of having both 2 and 8 month data which probably means that they are not representative of the whole cohort
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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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