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Table 1 Characteristics of people with TB with assigned TB treatment outcomes in Khambhat block (n = 2748)

From: Silicosis as a predictor of tuberculosis mortality and treatment failure and need for incorporation in differentiated TB care models in India

Characteristics

Number (%) or median (IQR)

Age (years)

42 (30–55)

Male gender

1825 (66)

Weight (kilograms) (n = 829)

42 (36–49)

HIV positive

45 (2)

Diabetic

905 (33)

Sputum positive TB

1513 (55)

Previously treated for TB

642 (23)

Extra-pulmonary TB

327 (12)

Multi-drug resistant TB

61 (2)

Relapsed for TB

589 (21)

Concomitant silicosis

138 (5)

Treatment outcomes of TB

 Successful

  Cured

992 (36)

  Treatment completed

1247 (46)

 Unfavorable

  Treatment failure

54 (2)

  Lost to follow-up

144 (5)

  Died

311 (11)

  1. HIV Human immunodeficiency virus, TB Tuberculosis