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Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the 496 patients with tuberculosis in northern Ethiopian prisons, 2011–2015

From: Tuberculosis treatment outcome and predictors in northern Ethiopian prisons: a five-year retrospective analysis

Characteristic

n (%)

Sex

 Male

480 (97)

 Female

16 (3)

Age, years

 15–24

201 (40)

 25–34

173 (35)

 ≥35

122 (25)

Weight at treatment initiation (Kg)

 <50

221 (45)

 ≥50

275 (55)

Form of TB

 PTB+

123 (25)

 PTB−

150 (30)

 EPTB

211 (43)

 EPTB & PTB

12 (2)

Treatment category

 New case

481 (97)

 Retreatment case

15 (3)

HIV status

 Negative

424 (85)

 Positive

54 (11)

 Unknown

18 (4)

Antiretroviral treatment (ART)a

 On ART at time/within in 3 months of TB treatment

46 (85)

 Not on ART

3 (6)

 Unknown

5 (9)

Use of co-trimoxazole prophylaxisa

 On co-trimoxazole at time/within 3 months of TB treatment

40 (74)

 Not on co-trimoxazole

14 (26)

Site

 Alamata

73 (14)

 Humera

163 (33)

 Mekelle

183 (37)

 Shire

77 (16)

  1. aThe denominator is HIV co-infected patients (n = 54); HIV human immunodeficiency virus, TB tuberculosis, PTB+ smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis, PTB− smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis, EPTP extra-pulmonary tuberculosis