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Table 2 Diagnosis of TB at the time of starting anti-TB treatment

From: Burden of HIV and treatment outcomes among TB patients in rural Kenya: a 9-year longitudinal study

 

County

All HIV infected (N = 7879)

 

Kilifi (N = 4553)

Nyeri (N = 3326)

On ARTs − N (%)

 No

215 (4.7)

215 (6.5)

430 (5.5)

 Yes

4338 (95)

311 (94)

7449 (95)

On Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis − N (%)

 No

33 (0.7)

56 (1.7)

89 (1.1)

 Yes

4520 (99)

3270 (98)

7790 (99)

Time between HIV diagnosis and starting TB treatment

 > year before starting treatment

676 (15)

518 (16)

1194 (15)

 Within 1 year and 15 days before starting treatment

543 (12)

434 (13)

977 (12)

 Within two weeks before treatment

503 (11)

372 (11)

875 (11)

 Same day of starting TB treatment

475 (10)

401 (12)

876 (11)

 Within two weeks after starting treatment

99 (2.2)

135 (4.1)

234 (3.0)

 > 2 weeks but before six months after starting treatment

77 (1.7)

106 (3.2)

183 (2.3)

 Dates of HIV diagnosis not reported

2180 (48)

1360 (41)

3540 (45)

  1. All results are N (%)