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Table 2 Treatment outcomes of PTB patients with DD ≤ 30 days and DD > 30 days

From: Association between diagnostic delay and prognosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in Shandong, China: a retrospective study

 

No. of patients

P

OR (95%CI)

DD ≤ 30 days (87,896)

DD > 30 days (120,926)

Unfavorable outcome

4518 (5.1)

7044 (5.8)

P < 0.001

0.876 (0.843,0.910)

 Died

  Non-TB death

655 (0.8)

1425 (1.2)

P < 0.001

1.614 (1.470,1.771)

  TB death

199 (0.2)

434 (0.4)

P < 0.001

1.587 (1.342,1.878)

 Treatment failed

478 (0.5)

768 (0.6)

P = 0.006

1.174 (1.047,1.316)

 Not evaluated

3185 (3.6)

4417 (3.6)

P = 0.716

1.009 (0.963,1.057)

Favorable outcome

83,378 (94.9)

113,882 (94.2)

Reference

Reference

  1. DD Diagnostic delay, TB Tuberculosis, PTB Pulmonary tuberculosis
  2. Favorable outcome including “cured” and “treatment completed”
  3. Unfavorable outcome is defined as “died”, “treatment failed” and “not evaluated”
  4. “Died” means a patient died for whatever reason during the study period. It combined with TB death and non-TB death. Non-TB death means that TB was not the main cause of death. “Treatment failed” means anyone whose bacteriological result remains positive after 5 months treatment. “Not evaluated” includes cases who are lost to follow-up and whose treatment outcome is unknown during the study period
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