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Table 4 Status of TB treatment outcome with respect to age group, HIV status and smear test results

From: Tuberculosis treatment outcome among patients treated in public primary healthcare facility, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: a retrospective study

Variables

Cured

Completed treatment

Failure

Defaulted

Death

p-value

Age in years

     

0.117

  ≤ 24, n = 147

36 (24.5)

108 (73.5)

0 (0)

1 (0.7)

2 (1.4)

 

 25–34, n = 113

35 (30.9)

72 (63.7)

1 (0.9)

1 (0.9)

4 (3.5)

 

 35–44, n = 50

16 (32.0)

28 (56.0)

1 (2.0)

2 (8.0)

3 (6.0)

 

 45–54, n = 19

4 (21.1)

12 (63.2)

0 (0)

0 (0)

3 (15.8)

 

  ≥ 55, n = 23

4 (17.4)

18 (78.3)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (4.3)

 

HIV status

     

0.000

 Positive, n = 42

10 (23.8)

21 (50.0)

1 (2.4)

2 (4.8)

8 (19.0)

 

 Negative, n = 281

79 (28.1)

194 (69.0)

1 (0.4)

2 (0.7)

5 (1.8)

 

 Unknown, n = 29

6 (20.7)

22 (75.9)

1 (3.4)

0

0

 

Smear result at 2nd month of treatment

     

0.000

 Positive, n = 2

1 (50.0)

1 (50.0)

0

0

0

 

 Negative, n = 60

60 (100)

0

0

0

0

 

 Not testeda, n = 290

34 (11.7)

237 (81.7)

2 (0.7)

4 (0.14)

13 (4.5)

 

Smear result at 5th month of treatment

     

0.000

 Positive, n = 1

0

0

1 (100)

0

0

 

 Negative, n = 92

92 (100)

0

0

0

0

 

 Not testeda, n = 259

3 (1.2)

237 (91.5)

2 (0.8)

4 (1.5)

13 (5.0)

 

Smear result at 6th month of treatment

     

0.000

 Positive, n = 0

0

0

0

0

0

 

 Negative, n = 92

92 (100)

0

0

0

0

 

 Not tested a, n = 260

3 (1.6)

238 (91.5)

2 (0.8)

4 (1.6)

13 (5.0)b

 
  1. Chi-square test result, aAll patients with extrapulmonary TB, smear negative at time of diagnosis and not tested despite they were smear-positive at time of diagnosis. btwo smear-positive patients who have positive-smear test result at 5th months not tested is because they were died.