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Table 1 Descriptive summaries of demographic and clinical characteristics of tuberculosis patients

From: Competing risk models to evaluate the factors for time to loss to follow-up among tuberculosis patients at Ambo General Hospital

Variables

Categories

Censored

LTFU

Death

Med-

Total

Sex

Female

200(43.8%)

17(3.7%)

15(3.3%)

6.00

232(50.8%)

 

Male

170(37.2%)

37(8.1%)

18(3.9%)

6.00

225(49.2%)

Residence

Urban

313(68.6%)

34(7.4%)

12(2.6%)

6.00

359(78.6%)

 

Rural

57(12.4%)

20(4.4%)

21(4.6%)

6.00

98(21.4%)

Patient

New

335(73.3%)

44(9.6%)

25(5.5%)

6.00

404(88.4%)

category

Relapse

16(3.5%)

3(0.7%)

2(0.4%)

6.00

21(4.6%)

 

Failure

3(0.7%)

2(0.4%)

0(0%)

5.27

5(1.1%)

 

Transfer in

16 (3.5%)

5(1.1%)

6(1.3%)

5.57

27(5.9%)

Weight loss

No

295(64.6%)

29(6.3%)

22(4.8%)

6.00

346(75.7%)

 

Yes

75(16.4%)

25(5.5%)

11(2.4%)

6.00

111(24.3%)

Types of TB

EPTB

125(27.4%)

8(1.7%)

11(2.4%)

6.00

144(31.5%)

 

SPPTB

137(30%)

16(3.5%)

10(2.2%)

6.00

163(35.7%)

 

SNPTB

108(23.6%)

30(6.6%)

12(12.6%)

6.00

150(32.8%)

HIV status

Negative

303(66.3%)

31(6.8%)

20(4.4%)

6.00

354(77.5%)

 

Positive

67(14.7%)

23(5%)

13(2.8%)

6.00

103(22.5%)

Contact history

No

153(33.5%)

34(7.4%)

8(1.8%)

6.00

195 (42.7%)

 

Yes

217(47.5%)

20(4.4%)

25(5.4%)

6.00

262(57.3%)

Age in years

\(0 - 18\)

38(8.3%)

5(1.1%)

0(0%)

6.00

43(9.4%)

 

\(19 - 40\)

254(55.6%)

12(2.6%)

25(5.5%)

6.00

291(63.7%)

 

\(41 - 60\)

52(11.4%)

15(3.3%)

8(1.7%)

6.00

75(16.4%)

 

\(>60\)

26(5.7%)

22(4.8%)

0(0%)

5.75

48(10.5%)

Baseline

\(<20\)

10(2.2%)

14(3.1%)

0(0%)

5.73

24(5.3%)

weight in kg

\(20 - 29\)

27(5.9%)

11(2.4%)

0(0%)

6.00

38(8.3%)

 

\(30 - 37\)

25(5.5%)

4(0.9%)

2(0.4%)

6.00

31(6.8%)

 

\(38 - 54\)

183(40%)

17(3.7%)

20(4.4%)

6.00

220(48.1%)

 

\(\ge 55\)

125(27.4%)

8(1.8%)

11(2.4%)

6.00

144(31.5%)

Total

370(81%)

54(11.8%)

33(7.2%)

-

457(100%)

Median

6.00

4.20

3.8

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