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Table 6 Patients’ HIV status and linkage to HIV care

From: A four-year trend in pulmonary bacteriologically confirmed tuberculosis case detection in Kampala-Uganda

Characteristic

2012

n (%)

2013

n (%)

2014

n (%)

2015

n (%)

P value

HIV Serostatus (n)

1389

1244

1724

2194

 

 Positive

597 (43.0)

608 (48.9)

782 (45.4)

890 (40.6)

0.000a

 Negative

739 (53.2)

620 (49.8)

935 (54.2)

1299 (59.2)

0.000a

 Unknown

53 (3.8)

16 (1.3)

7 (0.4)

5 (0.2)

0.000a

Linked to care

597

608

782

890

 

 Yes

229 (34.4)

320 (52.6)

381 (48.7)

464 (52.1)

0.000a

On CPT

 Yes

225 (37.7)

315 (51.8)

378 (48.3)

462 (51.9)

0.000a

On ART

 Yes

212 (35.5)

303 (49.8)

364 (46.5)

431 (48.4)

0.000a

  1. Source: Primary Data, 95% Confidence Interval. HIV-Human Immunodeficiency Virus, CPT-Co-trimoxazole Preventive Therapy, ART-Antiretroviral Therapy
  2. aStatistically Significant Variable