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Table 1 Description of study cohort

From: High mortality among tuberculosis patients on treatment in Nigeria: a retrospective cohort study

Variable

Frequency

Percent

Age group (years)

 15–24

260

19.5

 25–34

396

30.0

 35–44

335

25.1

 45–54

185

13.9

 55–64

87

6.5

  > 65

72

5.4

 Missing

93

 

Gender

 Male

81

56.9

 Female

614

43.1

Residence

 Within Kano

1,014

71.2

 Outside Kano

410

28.8

Referral facility

 DOTS-linked facility

624

45.7

 Non DOTS-linked facility

740

54.3

 Missing

60

 

TB diagnosis

 Bacteriological

468

32.9

 Clinical

956

67.1

TB site

 Pulmonary

936

67.4

 Extra-pulmonary

229

16.5

 Both

223

16.1

 Missing

36

 

HIV/ART status

 HIV-

683

48.0

 HIV+ on ART

90

6.3

 HIV+ not on ART

478

33.6

 Unknown HIV status

173

12.2

Previous TB treatment

 No

1,082

76.0

 Yes

342

24.0

Year of diagnosis

 2010–2011

413

29.0

 2012

321

22.5

 2013

450

31.6

 2014

240

16.9

Treatment outcome

 Successful

745

52.3

 Lost to follow-up

366

25.7

 Died

237

16.6

 Failed

33

2.3

 Transferred-out

43

3.0