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) | |
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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%) |