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Table 1 Study participant characteristics

From: Development and validation of a prognostic score during tuberculosis treatment

Characteristics

Included patients

N = 2250 (%)

Excluded patients

N = 1119 (%)

p

Gender

 Male

1286 (57.2)

742 (66.3)

<0.001

 Female

964 (42.8)

377 (33.7)

 

Age, mean (SD)

35.8 (12.7)

36.7 (13.4)

0.144

Initial hospitalization

 Yes

1363 (60.6)

495 (45.3)

<0.001

 No

887 39.4)

597 (54.7)

 

Clinical form

 PTB+

1527 (67.9)

724 (64.9)

0.008

 PTB−

210 (9.3)

143 (12.8)

 

 ETB

513 (22.8)

248 (22.2)

 

Type of patient

 New cases

2119 (94.2)

1037 (92.7)

0.129

 Retreatment

106 (4.7)

71 (6.3)

 

 Other

25 (1.1)

11 (1.0)

 
  1. SD standard deviation, PTB+ smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis, PTB- smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis, ETB extra-pulmonary tuberculosis