Brazilian cohort study of risk factors associated with unsuccessful outcomes of drug resistant tuberculosis

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 General distribution and outcome type of new cases of drug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis, according to characteristics of block I, Brazil, 2013 and 2014

	Total (980 cases)		Success treatment		Lost to follow-up		Failure
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Block I
Sex
Male	652	66.5	412	63.2	120	18.4	46	7.1	74	11.3
Female	328	33.5	209	63.7	43	13.1	30	9.1	46	14.0
Race/color
White	380	38.8	255	67.1	60	15.8	32	8.4	33	8.7
Brown/Black^a	593	60.5	360	60.7	102	17.2	44	7.4	87	14.7
Asian/Indigenous	7	0.7	6	85.7	1	14.3	0	0.0	0	0.0
Age group (years)
15–59	883	90.1	563	63.8	157	17.8	69	7.8	94	10.6
60 or over	97	9.9	58	59.8	6	6.2	7	7.2	26	26.8
Education (years)
0 to 7	574	58.6	342	59.6	109	19.0	41	7.1	82	14.3
8 or more	318	32.4	229	72.0	36	11.3	31	9.7	22	6.9
Missing	88	9.0	50	56.8	18	20.5	4	4.5	16	18.2
HIV
Positive	105	10.7	52	49.5	21	20.0	7	6.7	25	23.8
Negative	753	76.8	495	65.7	121	16.1	60	8.0	77	10.2
Missing	122	12.4	74	60.7	21	17.2	9	7.4	18	14.8
Alcoholism
Yes	246	25.1	135	54.9	55	22.4	19	7.7	37	15.0
No/don't know	734	74.9	486	66.2	108	14.7	57	7.8	83	11.3
Diabetes
Yes	144	14.7	98	68.1	14	9.7	10	6.9	22	15.3
No/don't know	836	85.3	523	62.6	149	17.8	66	7.9	98	11.7
Smoking
Yes	241	24.6	139	57.7	47	19.5	18	7.5	37	15.4
No/don't know	739	75.4	482	65.2	116	15.7	58	7.8	83	11.2
Use of illicit drugs
Yes	162	16.5	79	48.8	52	32.1	10	6.2	21	13.0
No/don't know	818	83.5	542	66.3	111	13.6	66	8.1	99	12.1
Other associated diseases or conditions^b
Yes	164	16.7	97	59.1	21	12.8	14	8.5	32	19.5
No/don't know	816	83.3	524	64.2	142	17.4	62	7.6	88	10.8
Prison population
Yes	46	4.7	30	65.2	14	30.4	1	2.2	1	2.2
No	934	95.3	591	63.3	149	16.0	75	8.0	119	12.7
Total	980	100.0	621	63.4	163	16.6	76	7.8	120	12.2

^aBrown/Black = combines black and brown
^bSilicosis, neoplasms, transplant, user of TNF–alpha inhibitors and corticosteroids, seizure, viral hepatitis, renal failure/hemodialysis, and mental disorder

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