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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of Pre- and Post-Intervention Cohorts

From: Integrating HIV care and treatment into tuberculosis clinics in Lusaka, Zambia: results from a before-after quasi-experimental study

Characteristic

Pre-intervention N = 248

n (%)

Post-intervention N = 225

n (%)

p-value

Sex

 Male

149 (60.1)

119 (52.9)

0.12

 Female

99 (39.9)

106 (47.1)

Age, mean (se)

33.7 (0.7)

33.3 (0.7)

0.74

TB Registration Type

 New

211 (85.1)

192 (85.3)

0.40

 Relapse

35 (14.1)

33 (14.7)

 Treatment after Default or Failure

2 (0.8)

0 (0)

TB Anatomical Site

 Pulmonary TB

207 (83.5)

184 (81.8)

0.63

 Extra-Pulmonary TB

41 (16.5)

41 (18.2)

Clinic

 Clinic A

131 (52.8)

77 (34.2)

< 0.01

 Clinic B

117 (47.2)

148 (65.8)

Linkage to care Status

 Not Linked (Not Enrolled in HIV Care, not receiving ART)

159 (64.1)

167 (74.2)

0.02

 Linked (Enrolled in HIV Care, not receiving ART)

89 (35.9)

58 (25.8)

  1. se Standard error, TB Tuberculosis, ART Antiretroviral therapy