Clinical characteristics and initial management of patients with tuberculous pericarditis in the HIV era: the Investigation of the Management of Pericarditis in Africa (IMPI Africa) registry

Table 4 Chest X-ray changes in the study population by clinical HIV status

Feature	Clinical HIV disease	No clinical HIV disease	P
Number of patients Cardiomegaly	72 (40.2)	107 (59.8)	0.39
Yes	62 (42.2)	85 (57.8)	0.25
No	10 (31.3)	22 (68.8)
Pericardial calcification
Yes	1 (20.0)	4 (80.0)	0.33
No	71 (40.8)	103 (59.2)
Active PTB*
Yes	28 (58.3)	20 (41.7)	0.003
No	44 (33.6)	87 (66.4)

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