Table 1 Study participants characteristics at the time of starting TB treatment
From: Burden of HIV and treatment outcomes among TB patients in rural Kenya: a 9-year longitudinal study
Features | HIV negative (N = 19,019) | HIV positive (N = 7879) | HIV status unknown (N = 387) | All patients (N = 27,285) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | ||||
 Male | 13,253 (70) | 3930 (50) | 267 (69) | 17,450 (64) |
 Female | 5766 (30) | 3949 (50) | 120 (31) | 9835 (36) |
Age in years | ||||
 18 to 30 years | 6853 (36) | 1700 (22) | 121 (31) | 8674 (32) |
 31 to 40 years | 4629 (24) | 2974 (38) | 93 (24) | 7696 (28) |
 41 to 50 years | 2780 (15) | 2125 (27) | 65 (17) | 4970 (18) |
 51 + years | 4757 (25) | 1080 (14) | 108 (28) | 5945 (22) |
Patient type | ||||
 New cases | 16,801 (88) | 6821 (87) | 364 (94) | 23,986 (88) |
 Re-treatment cases | 2218 (12) | 1058 (13) | 23 (5.9) | 3299 (12) |
TB type | ||||
 Pulmonary | 16,585 (87) | 6732 (85) | 322 (83) | 23,639 (87) |
 Extrapulmonary | 2434 (13) | 1147 (15) | 65 (17) | 3646 (13) |
Recruitment health facility | ||||
 Public | 15,429 (81) | 5691 (72) | 295 (76) | 21,415 (78) |
 Private | 3183 (17) | 2070 (26) | 87 (22) | 5340 (20) |
 Prisons | 407 (2.1) | 118 (1.5) | 5 (1.3) | 530 (1.9) |
DOT | ||||
 Family-based | 17,369 (91) | 7098 (90) | 375 (97) | 24,842 (91) |
 Community volunteer | 645 (3.4) | 246 (3.1) | 2 (0.5) | 893 (3.3) |
 Health worker | 1005 (5.3) | 535 (6.8) | 10 (2.6) | 1550 (5.7) |
Nutrition status | ||||
 Undernourished | 6080 (32) | 2290 (29) | 98 (25) | 8468 (31) |
 Normal BMI | 9738 (51) | 4170 (53) | 174 (45) | 14,082 (52) |
 Overweight | 2151 (11) | 932 (12) | 37 (9.6) | 3120 (11) |
 Not reported | 1050 (5.5) | 487 (6.2) | 78 (20) | 1615 (5.9) |
Method of TB diagnosis | ||||
 Clinical signs | 8356 (44) | 4658 (59) | 204 (53) | 13,218 (48) |
 Bacteriological confirmed | 10,663 (56) | 3221 (41) | 183 (47) | 14,067 (52) |
Treatment regimen | ||||
 2RHZE/4RH | 17,674 (93) | 6875 (87) | 349 (90) | 24,898 (91) |
 2SRHZE/1RHZE/5RHE | 971 (5.1) | 832 (11) | 10 (2.6) | 1813 (6.6) |
 2RHZ/4RH | 296 (1.6) | 95 (1.2) | 24 (6.2) | 415 (1.5) |
 Others | 78 (0.4) | 77 (1.0) | 4 (1.0) | 159 (0.6) |
County | ||||
 Kilifi | 11,256 (59) | 4553 (58) | 165 (43) | 15,974 (59) |
 Nyeri | 7763 (41) | 3326 (42) | 222 (57) | 11,311 (41) |
Year of diagnosis | ||||
 2012 | 2408 (13) | 1174 (15) | 67 (17) | 3649 (13) |
 2013 | 2165 (11) | 1032 (13) | 52 (13) | 3249 (12) |
 2014 | 2132 (11) | 1085 (14) | 78 (20) | 3295 (12) |
 2015 | 2061 (11) | 872 (11) | 21 (5.4) | 2954 (11) |
 2016 | 1677 (8.8) | 755 (9.6) | 25 (6.5) | 2457 (9.0) |
 2017 | 2004 (11) | 774 (9.8) | 27 (7.0) | 2805 (10) |
 2018 | 2539 (13) | 922 (12) | 27 (7.0) | 3488 (13) |
 2019 | 2284 (12) | 711 (9.0) | 42 (11) | 3037 (11) |
 2020 | 1749 (9.2) | 554 (7.0) | 48 (12) | 2351 (8.6) |