Treatment outcome of tuberculosis patients at National Hospital Abuja Nigeria: a five year retrospective study

Figures & data

Table 1: Age, sex, marital status and level of education of study population in relation to HIV status

Characteristic	HIV positive [n (%)]	HIV negative [n (%)]	Total no. of TB cases	p-value
Age Group (years)
<30	50 (36.8)	86 (63.2)	136	0.01^*
30–49	102 (49.8)	103 (50.2)	205
50–59	13 (34.2)	25 (65.8)	38
≥ 60	1 (10.0)	9 (90.0)	10
Sex
Male	100 (42.7)	134 (57.3)	234	0.98
Female	66 (42.6)	89 (57.4)	155
Total	166	223	389
Marital Status
Married	85 (38.6)	135 (61.4)	220	0.10
Single	66 (49.3)	68 (50.7)	134
Separated	11 (57.9)	8 (42.1)	19
Divorced	4 (30.8)	9 (69.2)	13
Total	166	220	386
Level of Education
Nil	40 (40.4)	59 (59.6)	99	0.09
Primary	23 (62.2)	14 (37.8)	37
Secondary	58 (41.1)	83 (58.9)	141
Tertiary	39 (39.4)	60 (60.6)	99
Total	160	216	376

^* Statistically significant (chi-square test).

Table 2: Treatment outcome in relation to HIV status

Outcome	HIV positive (n = 166)	HIV negative (n = 223)	OR (95% CI)	P value
Cured	53 (31.9%)	137 (61.4%)	0.29 (0.19, 0.46)	<0.001
Treatment Completed	28 (16.9%)	38 (17.0%)	0.99 (0.58, 1.69)	0.960
Treatment Success	81 (48.8%)	175 (78.5%)	0.26 (0.16, 0.42)	<0.001
Treatment Failure	18 (10.8%)	9 (4.0%)	2.89 (1.25, 6.67)	0.010
Died	3 (1.8%)	1 (0.5%)	4.09 (0.42, 39.95)	0.190
Default	64 (38.6%)	38 (17.0%)	3.05 (1.88, 4.95)	<0.001

Table 3: Regression coefficients and p values of the relationship between treatment outcomes and explanatory variables

	Treatment outcome [regression coefficient (p-values)]
Variables	Treatment cure	Treatment completed	Treatment success	Treatment failure	Dead	Default
Age	−0.002 (0.90)	−0.001 (0.87)	−0.001(0.80)	−0.001(0.26)	0.005(0.24)	−0.001(0.51)
Sex	0.115 (0.02)^*	−0.029 (0.46)	0.085(0.08)	−0.054(0.08)	−0.004(0.68)	−0.043(0.43)
Level of education	0.041 (0.07)	−0.018 (0.31)	0.015(0.28)	−0.014(0.37)	−0.010(0.20)	0.011(0.70)
Marital status	−0.120 (<0.001)^*	0.050 (0.10)	−0.065(0.06)	−0.023(0.39)	−0.010(0.20)	0.112(0.01)^*
HIV status	−0.295 (<0.001)^*	−0.002 (0.96)	−0.297(<0.001)^*	0.068(0.01)^*	0.014(0.19)	0.215(<0.001)^*

^* Statistically significant.

Table 4: Results of treatment outcome of study subjects

Outcome	HIV positive(n=166)	HIV negative(n=223)	OR (95% CI)	p-value
Treatment Cure	53(31.9%)	137(61.4%)	0.29(0.19,0.46)	<0.001
Treatment completed	28(16.9%)	38(17.0%)	0.99(0.58,1.69)	0.96
Treatment success	81(48.8%)	175(78.5%)	0.26(0.16,0.42)	<0.001
Treatment failure	18(10.8%)	9(4.0%)	2.89(1.25,6.67)	0.01
Died	3(1.8%)	1(0.5%)	4.09(0.42,39.95)	0.19
Defaulted	64(38.6%)	38(17.0%)	3.05(1.88,4.95)	<0.001