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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients initiated on multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine (N = 378)

From: Risk factors for poor multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine

 

Cure and Completed (N = 65) n (%) or median (IQR)

Default (N = 115) n (%) or median (IQR)

Death (N = 131) n (%) or median (IQR)

Failure (N = 37) n (%) or median (IQR)

Total (N = 378)a n (%) or median (IQR)

Age

36.3 (30.2–44.9)

40.2 (35.2–49.7)

38.2 (33.1–49.6)

36.7 (31.7–42.8)

38.2 (33.0–48.6)

Male

41 (63.1%)

93 (80.9%)

110 (84.0%)

30 (81.1%)

292 (77.2%)

Previous TB treatmentb

48 (75.0%)

96 (88.1%)

104 (84.6%)

31 (83.8%)

305 (84.5%)

Passive Case Findingc

64 (98.5%)

110 (96.5%)

131 (100.0%)

36 (100.0%)

371 (98.7%)

HIV positived

11 (17.2%)

17 (15.0%)

43 (33.1)

5 (13.5%)

82 (21.7%)

On ART during MDR-TB treatment among HIV positive

10 (90.9%)

12 (70.6%)

25 (58.1%)

1 (20.0%)

51 (62.2%)

Smear positive at baselinee

25 (38.5%)

64 (55.7%)

88 (67.2%)

25 (69.4%)

220 (58.4%)

Alcohol abuse

11 (16.9%)

25 (21.7%)

27 (20.6%)

4 (10.8%)

73 (19.3%)

IVDU

2 (3.1%)

0 (0.0%)

6 (4.6%)

2 (5.4%)

11 (2.9%)

Unemployed

30 (46.2%)

75 (65.2%)

87 (66.4%)

22 (59.5%)

235 (62.2%)

Homeless

0 (0.0%)

4 (3.5%)

7 (5.3%)

1 (2.7%)

13 (3.4%)

Rural Residencef

35 (58.3%)

33 (37.1%)

56 (53.3%)

14 (42.4%)

162 (51.8%)

Medical Worker in TB

1 (1.5%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (0.5%)

Previous Incarceration

2 (3.1%)

4 (3.5%)

7 (5.4%)

1 (2.7%)

15 (4.0%)

Known TB contact

1 (1.5%)

1 (0.9%)

1 (0.8%)

0 (0.0%)

3 (0.8%)

Baseline Gene Xpert Test

15 (23.1%)

34 (29.6%)

39 (29.8%)

9 (24.3%)

111 (29.4%)

Extensively drug-resistant (XDR-TB)

2 (3.1%)

6 (5.2%)

18 (13.7%)

5 (13.5%)

35 (9.3%)

  1. IQR interquartile range, ART anti-retroviral therapy, IVDU intravenous drug use
  2. aTotal N includes patients with unknown outcome and those who transferred out
  3. bMissing observations, N = 17
  4. cMissing observations, N = 2
  5. dMissing observations, N = 6
  6. eMissing observations, N = 1
  7. fMissing observations, N = 65