Natural History and Factors Associated with Early and Delayed Mortality in HIV-Infected Patients Treated of Tuberculosis under Directly Observed Treatment Short-Course Strategy: A Prospective Cohort Study in India
Figure 2
Kaplan-Meier survival curves by age, gender, literacy, being homeless, community, CD4+ lymphocyte count (cells/mm3), presence of AFB+ sputum, type of antituberculosis treatment, and timing of the antiretroviral therapy. (AFB: acid fast bacilli; ART: antiretroviral therapy; ATT: antituberculosis treatment; OC/BC: nondisadvantaged communities: other castes and backward castes; ST/SC, disadvantaged communities: scheduled tribes, scheduled castes.)