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Table 5 Association between death and factors related to TB and HIV in a cohort of PLHIV

From: Survival of people living with HIV who defaulted from tuberculosis treatment in a cohort, Recife, Brazil

Variables

Deaths (number)

Incidence rate (100 person/years)

HR (CI 95%)

p-value

p-valuea

Related to TBb

 Treatment site

  Out-patients

31

5.00 (3.51–7.11)

1.0

-

 

  Hospitalized

44

6.51 (4.84–8.75)

1.35 (0.85–2.13)

0.206

0.247

 Form of TB

  Pulmonary

43

5.32 (3.94–7.17)

1.0

-

0.831

  Extrapulmonary

22

6.42 (4.26–9.66)

1.21 (0.73–2.01)

0.456

 

  Pulmonary extrapulmonary and disseminated

8

5.14 (2.57–10.3)

0.99 (0.47–2.11)

0.987

 

 Previous treatment

  No

28

5.16 (3.56–7.47)

1.0

-

 

  Yes

44

7.25 (5.40–9.74)

1.38 (0.86–2.22)

0.178

0.286

 Related to HIVb

 Opportunistic disease

  No

16

7.49 (4.59–12.2)

1.0

-

-

  Yes

57

5.47 (4.22–7.09)

0.72 (0.42–1.27)

0.264

0.991

 Use of ART

  Yes

57

5.16 (3.98–6.68)

1.0

-

-

  No

18

8.48 (5.34–13.5)

1.53 (0.90–2.61)

0.113

0.315

 CD4

  > 200 cells/mm3

43

3.78 (2.61–5.47)

1.0

-

-

  < 200 cells/mm3

28

8.94 (6.63–12.1)

2.23 (1.39–3.60)

0.001

 

  No count

4

3.73 (1.40–9.94)

0.80 (0.28–2.30)

0.684

0.238

  1. a Proportionality test (Schoenfeld residual)
  2. bFactors related to TB and HIV when initiating treatment for TB