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Table 3 Clinical characteristics of TB/HIV co-infected children attending ART clinics of selected public hospitals in SNNPR, Ethiopia, from January 2009 to December 2019

From: Predictors of mortality among TB-HIV co-infected children attending anti-retroviral therapy clinics of selected public hospitals in southern, Ethiopia: retrospective cohort study

Clinical characteristics

Total

Censored

Dead

Log Rank test

X2

P- value

Baseline WHO stage

I & II

60 (21.1)

143 (96.6)

5 (3.4)

1.09

0.29

III & IV

224 (78.9)

106 (77.9)

30 (22.1)

ART eligibility criteria

CD4+ cells

12 (4.2)

12 (100)

0 (0)

14.35

0.001

WHO stage

117 (41.2)

109 (93.2)

8 (6.8)

Both

78 (27.5)

62 (79.5)

16 (20.5)

Not recorded

77 (27.1)

66 (85.7)

11 (14.3)

Baseline Opportunistic infection

Yes

261 (91.9)

229 (87.7)

32 (12.3)

0.44

0.50

No

23 (8.1)

20 (87)

3 (13)

Initial regimen

D4T based

147 (51.8)

129 (87.8)

18 (12.2)

0.66

0.88

AZT based

104 (36.6)

90 (86.5)

14 (13.5)

TDF based

16 (5.6)

15 (93.8)

1 (6.2)

ABC based & 1j

17 (6)

15 (88.2)

2 (11.8)

Initial regimen change

Yes

135 (47.5)

121 (89.6)

14 (10.4)

1.87

0.17

No

149 (52.5)

128 (85.9)

21 (14.1)

Reason for regimen change

Side effect

33 (11.6)

29 (87.9)

4 (12.1)

2.6

0.62

Treatment failure

24 (8.5)

20 (83.3)

4 (16.7)

TB

30 (10.6)

27 (90)

3 (10)

Stock out

35 (12.3)

32 (91.4)

3 (8.6)

Treatment failure

Yes

40 (14.1)

37 (92.5)

3 (7.5)

1.71

0.19

No

244 (85.9)

212 (86.9)

32 (13.5)

Baseline HIV related immune suppression

Mild/non-significant

172 (60.6)

164 (95.3)

8 (4.7)

33.24

0.001

Advanced

46 (16.2)

40 (87)

6 (13)

Severe

66 (23.2)

45 (68.2)

21 (31.8)

INH

Yes

182 (64.1)

163 (89.6)

19 (10.4)

2.24

0.13

No

102 (35.9)

86 (84.3)

16 (15.7)

CPT

Yes

260 (91.5)

227 (87.3)

33 (12.3)

0.05

0.81

No

24 (8.5)

22 (91.7)

2 (8.3)

Baseline hemoglobin

≤10

104 (36.6)

89 (76.7)

27 (23.3)

21.05

0.001

> 10

180 (63.4)

249 (95.2)

35 (12.3)

Adherence

Good

266 (93.7)

238 (89.5)

28 (10.5)

12.71

0.001

Fair/poor

18 (6.4)

11 (61.1)

7 (38.9)

Site of TB

Pulmonary

218 (76.8)

232 (90.3)

25 (9.7)

17.59

0.001

Extrapulmonary

66 (23.2)

17 (63)

10 (33)

Time of TB diagnosis

Pre ART

171 (60.3)

153 (89.5)

18 (10.5)

3.65

0.55

ART

113 (39.8)

96 (85)

17 (15)

Previous history of TB

Yes

42 (14.8)

29 (69)

13 (31)

19.85

0.001

No

242 (85.2)

220 (90.9)

22 (9.1)

TB drug resistance

No

264 (93)

237 (89.8)

27 (10.2)

20.29

0.001

MDR

20 (7)

12 (60)

8 (40)