Table 1 Patients characteristics when starting TB treatment at Kilifi County from 2012 to 2019
Features | Successful outcomes (N = 12,298) | Poor outcomes (N = 2408) | All patients (N = 14,706) |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Â | Â | Â |
Male | 7265 (59) | 1526 (63) | 8791 (60) |
Female | 5033 (41) | 882 (37) | 5915 (40) |
Age in years | |||
  18 to 30 years | 4097 (33) | 692 (29) | 4789 (33) |
  31 to 40 years | 3397 (28) | 602 (25) | 3999 (27) |
  41 to 50 years | 2067 (17) | 423 (18) | 2490 (17) |
  51 + years | 2737 (22) | 691 (29) | 3428 (23) |
Patient type | |||
  New cases | 10,953 (89) | 2074 (86) | 13,027 (89) |
  Re-treatment cases | 1345 (11) | 334 (14) | 1679 (11) |
TB type | |||
  Pulmonary | 10,875 (88) | 2100 (87) | 12,975 (88) |
  Extrapulmonary | 1423 (12) | 308 (13) | 1731 (12) |
Nutrition status | |||
  Undernourished | 3582 (29) | 727 (30) | 4309 (29) |
  Normal BMI | 6360 (52) | 1185 (49) | 7545 (51) |
  Overweight | 1588 (13) | 290 (12) | 1878 (13) |
  Missing | 768 (6.2) | 206 (8.6) | 974 (6.6) |
HIV status | |||
  HIV uninfected | 8827 (72) | 1484 (62) | 10,311 (70) |
  HIV infected on ARVS | 3203 (26) | 834 (35) | 4037 (27) |
  HIV infected not on ARVS | 144 (1.2) | 61 (2.5) | 205 (1.4) |
  Unknown HIV status | 124 (1.0) | 29 (1.2) | 153 (1.0) |
Sector of recruitment health facility | |||
  Public | 9669 (79) | 1852 (77) | 11,521 (78) |
  Private | 2402 (20) | 527 (22) | 2929 (20) |
  Prisons | 227 (1.9) | 29 (1.2) | 256 (1.7) |
DOT | |||
  Family-based | 10,939 (89) | 2161 (90) | 13,100 (89) |
  Community volunteer | 717 (5.8) | 121 (5.0) | 838 (5.7) |
  Health worker | 642 (5.2) | 126 (5.2) | 768 (5.3) |
Treatment regimen | |||
  2RHZE/4RH | 11,223 (91) | 2166 (90) | 13,389 (91) |
  2SRHZE/1RHZE/5RHE | 881 (7.2) | 199 (8.3) | 1080 (7.3) |
  2RHZ/4RH | 137 (1.1) | 31 (1.3) | 168 (1.2) |
  Others | 57 (0.5) | 12 (0.5) | 69 (0.5) |
TB diagnosis | |||
  Bacteriologically confirmed | 6262 (51) | 1151 (48) | 7413 (50) |
  Clinical signs | 6036 (49) | 1257 (52) | 7293 (50) |
Nutritional support | |||
  No support | 110 (0.9) | 28 (1.2) | 138 (0.9) |
  Nutritional counselling | 125 (1.0) | 17 (0.7) | 142 (1.0) |
  Counselling & food support | 8430 (69) | 1818 (75) | 10,248 (70) |
  Food support & no counselling | 3633 (30) | 545 (23) | 4178 (28) |
  Underlying comorbidities | 113 (0.9) | 79 (3.3) | 192 (1.3) |
Sub County | |||
  Kilifi North | 2364 (19) | 492 (20) | 2856 (19) |
  Kilifi South | 1996 (16) | 392 (16) | 2388 (16) |
  Kaloleni | 2317 (19) | 524 (22) | 2841 (19) |
  Malindi | 2905 (24) | 609 (25) | 3514 (24) |
  Magarini | 1451 (12) | 202 (8.4) | 1653 (11) |
  Ganze | 632 (5.1) | 93 (3.9) | 725 (4.9) |
  Rabai | 633 (5.2) | 96 (4.0) | 729 (5.0) |