Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics at the time of starting therapy for the 438 study patients
From: Therapy duration and long-term outcomes in extra-pulmonary tuberculosis
Variable | Total | Major site of tuberculosis disease | p-value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N=438 (%) | Lymph nodes n=163(%) | Bone and joint n=92 (%) | GUS n=24 (%) | Meninges n=55 (%) | Peritoneum n=43 (%) | Other n=61 (%) | ||
Age (years) | 49(18) | 47(18) | 52(19) | 48(17) | 43(15) | 49(16) | 52(19) | 0.02 |
Male | 224(51) | 76(47) | 46(50) | 15(63) | 31(56) | 23(54) | 33(54) | 0.63 |
Race | 0.02 | |||||||
White | 216(49) | 73(45) | 46(50) | 20(83) | 24(44) | 21(49) | 32(53) | |
Black | 213(49) | 85(52) | 45(49) | 3(13) | 31(56) | 22(51) | 27(44) | |
Other | 9(2) | 5(3) | 1(1) | 1(4) | 0 | 0 | 2(3) | |
Ethnicity | 0.39 | |||||||
Hispanic | 123(28) | 42(26) | 25(27) | 11(46) | 14(25) | 11(26) | 20(33) | |
Non-Hispanic | 315(72) | 121(74) | 67(73) | 13(54) | 41(75) | 32(74) | 41(67) | |
Residence | ||||||||
Jail | 29(7) | 14(9) | 5(5) | 1(4) | 2(4) | 2(5) | 5(8) | 0.83 |
Nursing home | 18(4) | 8(5) | 2(2) | 1(4) | 3(5) | 1(2) | 3(5) | 0.86 |
Homeless | 13(3) | 3(2) | 1(1) | 1(4) | 4(7) | 1(2) | 3(5) | 0.19 |
Substance abuse | ||||||||
Alcohol | 48(11) | 17(10) | 8(9) | 2(8) | 3(5) | 11(26) | 7(11) | 0.07 |
Injection | 15(3) | 4(2) | 6(7) | 0 | 1(2) | 4(9) | 0 | 0.06 |
Other non-injection | 35(8) | 18(11) | 5(5) | 2(8) | 2(4) | 5(12) | 3(5) | 0.33 |
HIV-infected | 93(21) | 52(32) | 5(5) | 1(4) | 16(29) | 6(14) | 13(21) | <0.001 |
Prior TB | 15(3) | 3(2) | 4(4) | 3(13) | 1(2) | 2(5) | 2(3) | 0.15 |
Acid-fast bacilli stain | 74(17) | 37 (23) | 11 (12) | 6(25) | 4(7) | 6(14) | 10(16) | <0.001 |
Mtb culture | 308(70) | 131(80) | 72(78) | 16(67) | 22(40) | 30(70) | 37(61) | <0.001 |
Completion of therapy | 0.08 | |||||||
Completed | 346(79) | 133(82) | 74(80) | 21(88) | 36(65) | 33(77) | 49(80) | |
Not completed | 53(12) | 15(9) | 12 (13) | 3(13) | 8(15) | 5(12) | 10(16) | |