Volume 15, Number 2—February 2009
Dispatch
Effect of Free Treatment and Surveillance on HIV-Infected Persons Who Have Tuberculosis, Taiwan, 1993–2006
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of 660 persons coinfected with HIV and TB, Taiwan, 1993–2006*
Characteristics | No. (%) persons | p value† |
---|---|---|
Sex | <0.0001 | |
M | 612 (92.7) | |
F |
48 (7.3) |
|
Age, y | <0.0001 | |
<45 | 498 (75.5) | |
>45 |
162 (24.5) |
|
Sputum smear (n = 484) | <0.0001 | |
Negative | 287 (59.3) | |
Positive |
197 (40.7) |
|
Sputum culture (n = 340) | 0.0172 | |
Negative | 148 (43.5) | |
Positive |
192 (56.5) |
|
Pulmonary radiograph results (n = 531) | <0.0001 | |
Normal | 54 (10.2) | |
Abnormal |
477 (89.8) |
|
Extrapulmonary TB‡ | <0.0001 | |
Yes | 73 (11.1) | |
No |
587 (88.9) |
|
Risk behavior (n = 554) | <0.0001 | |
Sexual | 513 (92.6) | |
Injection drug user |
41 (7.4) |
|
Sexual behavior (n = 566) | 0.0004 | |
Heterosexual | 325 (57.4) | |
Homosexual or bisexual |
241 (42.6) |
|
Highly active antiretroviral therapy‡ (n = 534) | <0.0001 | |
1998–2006 (free) | 493 (92.3) | |
1993–1996 (not free) |
41 (7.7) |
|
National web-based surveillance reporting and management system (n = 520) | <0.0001 | |
2002–2006 (available) | 386 (74.2) | |
1998–2000 (not available) |
134 (25.8) |
|
Outcome§ (n = 606) | <0.0001 | |
Survival | 522 (86.1) | |
Death | 84 (13.9) |
*TB, tuberculosis.
†χ2 goodness-of-fit test with type I error = 0.05 used to examine differences in demographic, clinical, and behavioral characteristics.
‡Definition following World Health Organization guideline (1).
§Tracking for 1 year from report of TB diagnosis.
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