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Table 1 Baseline characteristics in HIV-infected persons stratified by ability to produce a sputum sample

From: Diagnosing tuberculosis in hospitalized HIV-infected individuals who cannot produce sputum: is urine lipoarabinomannan testing the answer?

 

Sputum-Scarce

N = 187

Sputum-Producing

N = 2341

p-value

Mean age in years (SD)

36.3 (9.6)

37.9 (10.5)

0.031

Sex distribution M:F (% males)

92:95 (49%)

1136:1205 (49%)

0.86

Mean CD4+ Count in cells/mm3 (SD)

178 (241)

150 (176)

0.15

Mean Karnofsky Score (SD)

50.6 (12.4)

53.4 (16.1)

0.005

Mean weight in Kg (SD)

47.8 (9.1)

53.4 (12.0)

<0.001

Mean BMI (SD)

17. 2 (3.3)

19.5 (4.4)

<0.001

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BMC Infectious Diseases

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