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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of enrolled study participants

From: Test and Treat TB: a pilot trial of GeneXpert MTB/RIF screening on a mobile HIV testing unit in South Africa

 

Intervention

(n = 2441)

Usual care

(n = 2374)

Overall

(n = 4815)

Age mean years (SD)

31 (13)

31 (13)

31 (13)

Sex

 Female n, (%)

1206 (51)

1109 (48)

2315 (49)

 Male n, (%)

1181 (49)

1200 (52)

2381 (51)

Prior HIV testing

 Yes n, (%)

2173 (95)

2112 (95)

4285 (95)

 No n, (%)

104 (5)

121 (5)

224 (5)

HIV status

 Positive n, (%)

250 (9)

176 (7)

426 (9)

  CD4 mean (SD)

435 (234)

498 (345)

440 (246)

  CD4 median (IQR)

419 (264, 592)

413 (205, 769)

419 (259, 600)

TB symptoms

 Cough n, (%)

129 (5)

99 (4)

228 (5)

 Weight loss n, (%)

84 (4)

89 (4)

173 (4)

 Night sweats n, (%)

102 (4)

89 (4)

191 (4)

 Fever n, (%)

82 (3)

56 (2)

138 (3)

TB prevalence n, (%)

6 (0.2)

1 (0.0)

7 (0.1)

  1. SD Standard deviation
  2. IQR Interquartile range